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Superman #686

DC · Series began 2006 · May 2009

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Dates

Cover date: May 2009
On sale: March 25, 2009
In stores: March 25, 2009
Pages: 36

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Barcode 76194120003368611
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Newsstand edition

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A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07099230675686
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Story arc: World Without Superman

This is part 2 of 15. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

Creators

pencils: Andrew Robinson, Renato Guedesinks: Andrew Robinson, Jose W. Magalhaescolors: Andrew Robinson, David Curielscript: James Robinson, Dan DiDioletters: John J. Hill

Stories

Yesterday and Tomorrow · Mon-El; The Guardian · 22 pages
Mon-El, John Henry Irons, Jimmy Olsen, and the Guardian all remember the trust that Superman has placed in them before leaving for New Krypton. Mon-El gives Jimmy a new signal watch, attuned to his hearing. Superman had asked the Guardian to help Mon-El with his new secret identity, and thus Jonathan Kent joins the Science Police. Mon-El patrols Metropolis and confronts Rampage. He takes her up a mile into the air and drops her to the ground, knocking her out. The Guardian and Steel arrive on the scene, and warn him that she could have died, but Guardian tells Steel that he will keep an eye on Mon-El. Back at the Science Police as Kent, he meets Billi Harper, who just moved back from Gotham to get to know Jim Harper, her great uncle.

Publisher’s description

Following the startling events of "New Krypton" and the shocking occurrence in the Phantom Zone, Earth finds itself without its greatest protector! Luckily, Metropolis still has a few heroes, like Mon-El and the Guardian. But after years of knowing nothing but the solitude of the Phantom Zone, how will Mon-El acclimate himself to society? And the recently returned Guardian has his hands full with his new position in the Science Police. How can they fill Superman's shoes? They'd better figure it out fast, because dangerous mysteries abound!

Reprinted in

Superman: Mon-El (2010), Superman: Mon-El (2011)