Action Comics Vol 1 869

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Appearing in "Brainiac (Part IV of V) - Mind Over Matter"

Featured Characters:

• Superman

Supporting Characters:

• Alura In-Ze (Also in flashback)
• Cat Grant
• Jimmy Olsen
• Jonathan Kent
• Lois Lane
• Martha Kent
• Perry White
• Ron Troupe
• Steve Lombard
• Supergirl (Also in flashback)
• Zor-El (Also in flashback)

Villains:

• Brainiac

Other Characters:

• Kryptonians/Kandorians

Locations:

• Argo City (In flashback only)
• Metropolis

• New Troy
• Daily Planet

• Kandor (Also in flashback)
• Kansas

• Smallville
• Kent Farm

Items:

• Brainiac Probes
• Force Field
• Jimmy Olsen's Signal Watch (Cameo)
• Solar Aggressor
• Sunstone crystal (In flashback only)

Vehicles:

• Brainiac's Skull Ship
• Kryptonian Rocket (In flashback only)
  
  

Synopsis for "Brainiac (Part IV of V) - Mind Over Matter"

As it continues to raze Metropolis, Brainiac's head ship deploys dozens of robotic Brainiac Probes. Supergirl holds the front line and defends the Daily Planet. Bolstering her courage, she charges head-long into the probes.

On board the head ship, Superman continues to struggle with Brainiac. He tears out one of Brainiac's cybernetic implant cables, causing him to howl in electrostatic pain.

After temporarily disabling Brainiac, Superman discovers the shrunken, bottled Kryptonian city of Kandor. He communes with Supergirl's parents, Alura and Zor-El who ask him if their daughter is safe. Zor-El tells Superman of how his former home of Argo City had been assimilated into Kandor after an encounter with Brainiac.

Brainiac recovers from his injury and renews his attack against Superman. He gets the drop on him, and attaches him to a network of cables that hard-wires him to the ship's computer systems. Brainiac then uses his force field technology to generate a sphere around Metropolis. Shrinking it, he brings it aboard his ship. Now that he has what he came for, Brainiac no longer requires the use of the planet Earth. He launches a solar aggressor towards the sun and tells Superman that the device will cause the sun to flare up, incinerating the planet Earth.

Notes

• This storyline is a prologue to the "Superman: New Krypton" crossover event of 2009.

Trivia

The original cover to this issue showed Clark and Jonathan holding bottles of beer. DC editorial staff found this to be uncharacteristic of Clark, and the cover was recalled. The replacement cover shows Jonathan and Clark holding drink bottles clearly labeled as "Soda Pop".

See Also

• Discuss Action Comics Vol 1 869 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Action Comics series
• Images from Action Comics Vol 1 869

Recommended Reading

• Superman Titles

• List of Superman comics
• Action Comics
• Adventures of Superman
• Superman (Volume 1)
• Superman (Volume 2)
• Superman/Batman
• Superman Confidential
• Superman: Man of Steel
• Superman: Man of Tomorrow
• World's Finest

Links and References

• Superman at Wikipedia.org
• Superman at DC Comics
• Superman Wiki
• Supermanica Homepage
• Superman Homepage
• Superman at TV Tropes

New Krypton Crossover This issue is related to the Superman: New Krypton crossover, running through the Superman Titles between 2008 and 2009, involving the coming of a great number of new Kryptonians to Earth from the Bottle City of Kandor. Core Issues Superman: New Krypton Special #1 • Superman #681 • Adventure Comics Special #1 • Action Comics #871 • Supergirl #35 • Superman #682 • Action Comics #872 • Supergirl #36 • Superman #683 • Action Comics #873 Lead-Up Superman #677 • Superman #678 • Superman #679 • Superman #680 • Action Comics #866 • Action Comics #867 • Action Comics #868 • Action Comics #869 • Action Comics #870 • Supergirl #34 • Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special #1