Action Comics #853 is an issue of the series Action Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 2007.
Synopsis for "3-2-1 Action! (Part II of III) - The Signal"
Kryptonite Man escapes with the aid of the monkey from the Zoo. Jimmy, meanwhile, is conflicted about his powers, and seeks to find out their nature while adopting his hero identity, Mr. Action.
Kryptonite Man takes tech and begins to auction off his future experiments. Jimmy happens upon him. They fight, Jimmy loses, and Kryptonite Man ties him up.
Superman arrives after following a trail, and does battle with the Kryptonite Man using an anti-kryptonite radiation spray. He wins, but Kryptonite Man melts the spray and attacks, taking Superman down.
Jimmy, recovering, uses his now-repaired signal watch to call for help. Krypto arrives.
Appearing in "3-2-1 Action! (Part II of III) - The Signal"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Atomic Skull
- Calculator
- Doctor Cyber
- Exomorphic Man
- Kryptonite Man
- Tobias Whale
Other Characters:
- Metropolis Police Department
- Robin (Flashback only)
- Wonder Woman (Flashback only)
- Gina
- Gordon
- Batman (Mentioned only)
- Department of Metahuman Affairs (Mentioned only)
- Justice League of America (Mentioned only)
- Lex Luthor (Mentioned only)
- Phineas Potter (Mentioned only)
- Thaddeus Sivana (Mentioned only)
- Tom Cruise (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Metropolis
- Avenue of Tomorrow
- Rydertech
- Bakerline
- Daily Planet
- Metro County Hospital
- Metropolis Zoo
- Stryker's Island Penitentiary
- S.T.A.R. Labs (Mentioned only)
- Avenue of Tomorrow
- Washington, D.C. (On a TV or computer screen)
- Hall of Justice (On a TV or computer screen)
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- This issue takes place during Countdown #39.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Superman Recommended Reading
- Action Comics (Volume 1)
- Action Comics (Volume 2)
- Adventures of Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 1)
- Batman/Superman (Volume 2)
- Batman/Superman: World's Finest (Volume 1)
- DC Comics Presents (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 1)
- Superman (Volume 2)
- Superman (Volume 3)
- Superman (Volume 4)
- Superman (Volume 5)
- Superman (Volume 6)
- Superman/Batman (Volume 1)
- Superman Confidential (Volume 1)
- Superman: Son of Kal-El (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Steel (Volume 1)
- Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (Volume 1)
- Superman/Wonder Woman (Volume 1)
- World's Finest (Volume 1)