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Issue: Absolute Superman: For Tomorrow #[nn]
Publication Date: June 2009
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 04/29/2009
Volume: none
Pages: 348
ISBN: 9781401221980
UPC/EAN: 978140122198057500
Price: $86.00 CAD
$75.00 USD
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Content Items: 63 (13 stories, 2 covers)
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color
Dimensions: 8.5" x 13"
Paper Stock: glossy paper
Binding: hardcover with slipcase
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagJustice League of America, Special #1 published January 2009 as The Origin of Superman [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in 2 other Issues:
FlagSuperman: For Tomorrow 15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition #[nn] published February 2019
FlagSuperman: For Tomorrow 15th Anniversary Deluxe Edition #[nn] published February 2019
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[untitled]

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Genres: superhero
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[untitled]

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Absolute Superman: For Tomorrow

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Absolute Superman: For Tomorrow

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Introduction

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The Origin of Superman

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Character(s): Superman (origin); Jor-El; Lara; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane
Synopsis: A brief accounting of the origin of Superman.
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Superman 204

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
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Part One

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Green Lantern [Kyle Rayner] (cameo); Father Daniel Leone (first appearance); Lt. Lupe Leocadio-Escudero
Synopsis: Superman flies into space to help Green Lantern, but when he returns to Earth he finds that a million people have mysteriously vanished.
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Superman 205

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Part Two

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Father Daniel Leone; John; Mr. Orr
Synopsis: Superman tracks the origin point of the phenomenon that caused a million people to disappear and finds a country at war.
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Superman 206

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Equus
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Part Three

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Father Daniel Leone; General Nox; Equus (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis: Superman goes up against Equus in the middle of a civil war.
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Superman 207

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Part Four

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Father Daniel Leone; General Nox; Mr. Orr; Equus (villain)
Synopsis: General Nox and Equus refuse to surrender the weapon to Superman, and Mr. Orr arrives to take it back for his employers.
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Superman 208

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; JLA [Justice League of America; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Wonder Woman [Diana]]; General Nox
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Part Five

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; JLA [Justice League of America; Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onzz]; Wonder Woman [Diana]]; Father Daniel Leone; Halcyon (first appearance, name revealed in Superman #210); Mr. Orr; Elemental Giants [Water]
Synopsis: The Justice League confronts Superman about his recent actions. Mr. Orr offers to cure Father Leone's cancer if he helps influence Superman.
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Superman 209

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Part Six

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Father Daniel Leone; Halcyon; Elemental Giants [Earth; Fire; Water; Wind]; Perry White (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo)
Synopsis: Superman recounts to Father Leone how he faced down four Elemental Giants and forced them to surrender.
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Superman 210

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Part Seven

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; JLA [Justice League of America [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana]]; Father Daniel Leone; Halcyon; Mr. Orr; Equus (villain); Joker (villain) (cameo)
Synopsis: Superman confronts Batman about his lack of humanity. Mr. Orr attempts to recruit Wonder Woman to join him against Superman.
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Superman 211

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Part Eight

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Father Daniel Leone; Mr. Orr
Synopsis: Superman and Wonder Woman battle in the Fortress of Solitude.
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Superman 212

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Part Nine

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Alba; Father Daniel Leone; Mr. Orr; Equus (villain)
Synopsis: Superman is reunited with Lois.
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Superman 213

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Character(s): Equus; General Zod
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Part Ten

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Father Daniel Leone; Jor-El; Lara; Halcyon; Zeus (a dog); Apollo (a dog); Mr. Orr; Equus (villain); General Zod (villain)
Synopsis: Superman realizes that he was ultimately responsible for the invention that caused millions of people to vanish, which was corrupted by General Zod.
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Disclose Notes: Credits acknowledge "Special thanks to Scott Iwahashi."
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Superman 214

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; General Zod
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[untitled]

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Part Eleven

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Father Daniel Leone; Jor-El (flashback); Mr. Orr; Equus (villain); General Zod (villain)
Synopsis: Superman and General Zod fight it out. Mr. Orr receives his payoff.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jor-El; Lara; Lois Lane; Father Daniel Leone; Flash [Wally West]
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Part Twelve

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Father Daniel Leone; Alba; Jimmy Olsen; Halcyon; Lara (a robot); Mr. Orr; Equus (villain); General Zod (villain)
Synopsis: Zod is defeated and the missing people of Earth are returned home. Superman tells Lois the secret of where they have been.
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Afterword

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Additional Covers

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Cover Sketches

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Wizard: The Comics Magazine #148

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Wizard: The Comics Magazine #150

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Jim Lee Sketchbook

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Sketchbook

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Jim Lee's Step-by-Step

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Acknowledgments

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Biographies

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[untitled]

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Slipcase

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