Dates
- Cover date
- July 2009
- On sale
- May 26, 2009
- In stores
- May 26, 2009
- Pages
- 40
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #688 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07099230675688
This edition’s page
Story arc: World Without Superman
This is part 8 of 15. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Action Comics #875
- Superman #686
- Superman: World of New Krypton #2
- Action Comics #876
- Superman #687
- Superman: World of New Krypton #3
- Action Comics #877
- Superman #688
- Superman: World of New Krypton #4
- Action Comics #878
- Action Comics Annual #12
- Superman #689
- Superman: World of New Krypton #5
- Action Comics #879
- Superman #690
Creators
Stories
- The Fall and Rise of Jonathan Kent · 22 pages
Mon-El, losing his powers, falls into the harbor, but is rescued by the Guardian, who came to tell him that Squad K is looking for him, thinking he is Kryptonian. Mon-El's powers return and he makes short work of Squad K. Doctor Light analyzes Mon-El and estimates he has 18 months or less before the elixir counteracting his lead poisoning is ineffective. After Mon-El asks the Guardian to teach him how to take care of himself when powerless, Mon meets Mitch, who convinces him to experience more of life. Meanwhile, the Guardian's team releases Tellus before encountering Codename: Assassin.
Publisher’s description
Mon-El's role as Superman's stand-in for Metropolis is threatened by a sudden and mysterious power loss. How can he be the hero he needs to be without any special abilities? Meanwhile the Guardian and his Science Police go to the rescue of a missing member of the Legion of Superheroes. And who is the spy within the Science Police ranks?
Reprinted in
Superman: Mon-El (2010), Superman: Mon-El (2011)