Dates
- Cover date
- September 2009
- On sale
- July 29, 2009
- In stores
- July 29, 2009
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #690 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 07099230675690
This edition’s page
Story arc: World Without Superman
This is part 15 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 Setup · 22 pages
John Henry Irons suits up as Steel and fights Atlas, but eventually loses. The Guardian gives various jobs to the Science Police. Zachary Zatara is talking with a stagehand when the Parasite tries to ambush him, but the stagehand turns the tables and reveals himself as Mark Merlin. Dr. Light's kids have a playdate with the Guardian's daughter Gwendoline, while their parents talk. Sodam Yat is stopped from seeing Mon-El by Tellus, who tells him that evil would win out if they meet now. Yat believes him, but wants some Daxam knowledge crystals passed on to Mon-El, which Tellus agrees to do.
Publisher’s description
As media mogul Morgan Edge fans the flames of Earth's distrust for all things alien, Mon-El wrestles with his looming demise and what to do with his remaining life. At the same time, forces from the future must prevent Mon-El from meeting Sodam Yat--the Green Lantern from Daxam known as Ion--for the sake of tomorrow. And General Lane rolls out his plan to ensnare our hero by creating the Mon-El Revenge Squad--but to do this, Steel must fall.
Reprinted in
Superman: Mon-El (2010), Superman: Mon-El (2011)