CATALOG RECORD
Adventure Comics Special Featuring the Guardian #1
Dates
- Cover date
- January 2009
- On sale
- November 5, 2008
- In stores
- November 5, 2008
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
Story arc: New Krypton
This is part 9 of 19. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Action Comics #866
- Action Comics #867
- Action Comics #868
- Action Comics #869
- Action Comics #870
- Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special #1
- Superman: New Krypton Special #1
- Superman #681
- Adventure Comics Special Featuring the Guardian #1
- Action Comics #871
- Supergirl #35
- Superman #682
- Action Comics #872
- Supergirl #36
- Superman #683
- Action Comics #873
- Superman #684
- Action Comics #874
- Superman: World of New Krypton #1
Creators
Stories
- New Krypton Part Three The Worst Night of His Life · The Guardian · 22 pages
Jimmy Olsen has tracked down his old friend Jim Harper. Harper tells Jimmy how he found an alien (Tellus) being held by Cadmus, how he saw the original Jim Harper being killed, and how he found another cloning facility. The last one held clones of Paul Kirk and himself, and Harper was so disgusted that he destroyed them all. As a clone, he wonders if he even qualifies as a man; but Jimmy assures him that he is a good man. After Jimmy leaves, Harper remembers that he didn't kill all the clones; he rescued one small female clone (Gwendoline). He decides to go back to Metropolis.
Publisher’s description
"New Krypton" part 3! At last! The true origin of the Guardian of Metropolis is revealed! Following directly on from last month's SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN SPECIAL #1, we learn the fantastic and sometimes terrible past of one of DC's most mysterious heroes. How did the first clone of the Golden Age Guardian come into existence at the hands of the Cadmus Project? We'll also introduce a mysterious young girl the Guardian has sworn to protect – even at the expense of the Cadmus Project, and, if need be, his very life!
Characters
Reprinted in
Superman: New Krypton (2009), Superman: New Krypton (2010)