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Issue: Superman #690

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Publication Date: September 2009

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Issues: #690 of 65 Issues (151 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

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Pages: 36

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UPC/EAN: 07099230675690

Price: $3.65 CAD
$2.99 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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Notes: This issue is Green Shield Continuity #35. It features the "World Without [S-shield]" promotion on the cover.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy paper

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Superman #690 [Direct Sales]

Superman #690 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (6 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): John Henry Irons [Steel]; Atlas

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The Setup

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): John Henry Irons [Steel]; Atlas; The Guardian [Jim Harper clone]; Science Police [Chatham; Wilcox [Princess Projectra; Sensor Girl]; Romundi [Car-Vex]; Jonathan Kent [Mon-El]; Billi Harper]; Carnivora (flashback, cameo); Zachary Zatara; Mark Merlin; Parasite; Doctor Light [Kimiyo Hoshi]; Gwendoline Harper; Ion [Sodam Yat]; Tellus; Ironworks

Synopsis: 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.

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Pages: 22

Notes: Story continued from last issue, and continues in Superman: Secret Files 2009 #1, Superman, Justice League of America, and Superman Annual #14.

What Did Superman Do?

Preview (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superboy [Kon-El]; Kid Flash [Bart Allen]; Superboy [Clark Kent] (flashback); Phantom Girl (flashback); Lightning Lad (flashback); Brainiac 5 (flashback); Cosmic Boy (flashback); Triplicate Girl (flashback); Saturn Girl (flashback); Chameleon Boy (flashback)

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Pages: 5

Can't Say I Didn't Warn You! [July 29, 2009]

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Notes: Dan talks about the reaction of the first issue of Blackest Night, and what is coming up. Appears on page 29 in this issue.

House Advertisement

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Notes: House ad for: Blackest Night (checklist part one). Appears on page 16 in this issue.

Ads

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Pages: 6

Notes: Total of 6 one-page ads for: FreeRealms (online game, Sony Online Entertainment), abovetheinfluence (Partnership for a Drug-Free America), Life Savers Gummies (candy, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company), mattycollector.com (toys, Mattel), Knowing/Push (DVDs, Summit Entertainment), and Splat (hair color, DeveloPlus). Appear in various places in this issue.