(June 2009)
- Price:
- 2.99 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- On-sale date:
- 2009-04-29
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics
- Brand:
- DC [swirl]
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Matt Idelson; Wil Moss (assistant editor)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; saddle-stitched; glossy paper; monthly; ongoing series
Issue Notes
This issue is Green Shield Continuity #23. It features the "World Without [S-shield]" promotion on the cover.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Superman: Mon-El (DC, 2010 series) #[nn] [Reprints both the cover and interior story.]
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[no title indexed]
Mon-El; The Guardian / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Andrew Robinson (painting, signed)
- Inks:
- Andrew Robinson (painting, signed)
- Colors:
- Andrew Robinson (painting, signed)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- The Guardian [Jim Harper clone]; Mon-El; Steel
Indexer Notes
The solicitation cover also had Black Lightning on it (to the right of Mon-El), but for some reason he was deleted from the final cover.
Power and Weakness
Mon-El; The Guardian / comic story / 22 pages
Credits
- Script:
- James Robinson
- Pencils:
- Renato Guedes
- Inks:
- José Wilson Magalhães
- Colors:
- David Curiel
- Letters:
- John J. Hill
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- The Guardian [Jim Harper clone]; Mon-El; Science Police [Wilcox [Princess Projectra; Sensor Girl]; Foster; Sanderson; Romundi [Car-Vex]; Billi Harper]; Shrapnel; Parasite; General Sam Lane; Blake; The Untouchables; Black Lightning; The Prankster (cameo); John Henry Irons [Steel]; Atlas; Jimmy Olsen; Zachary Zatara; Tellus (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- The Science Police and Mon-El take down Shrapnel. General Lane is monitoring, and finds out that Mon-El is not Kryptonian. Jimmy consults with Zatara about what he saw in the fight between Atlas and Superman, and Zatara confirms that it was magic. Jim Harper recruits a team from the Science Police for an off the record mission, to rescue Tellus. Mon-El is relieved that he's been able to work effectively as Superman's replacement, but in mid-flight, suddenly loses his powers.
Indexer Notes
Story continued from last issue, and continues in the next issue.
Last Days Deny Part One
Animal Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Gerry Conway
- Pencils:
- Chris Batista
- Inks:
- Dave Meikis
- Colors:
- Mike Atiyeh
- Letters:
- Clem Robins
- Editing:
- Joey Cavalieri; Chris Conroy (Assistant)
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Animal Man; Bloodrage
- Reprints:
- from The Last Days of Animal Man (DC, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009) [preview of pages 1-5]
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Some of us (a-hem!) older comics fans fondly remember reading the wonderful Sunday funnies of our youth. [April 29, 2009]
DC Nation / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mark Chiarello
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Mark tells about the upcoming weekly Wednesday Comics series. Appears on page 34 in this issue.
[House Advertisement]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for: Superman: New Krypton Volume 1 hardcover. Appears on page 12 in this issue.
[Ads]
advertisement / 6 pages
Indexer Notes
Total of 4 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: The Spirit (DVD, OddLot Entertainment), Dragonball Evolution (video game, Bandai Namco), 2009 Design Scholarship Challenge (graphic design colleges, visualdiner.com, 2 pages), Vampirates Black Heart (book, Little Brown), and abovetheinfluence (Partnership for a Drug-Free America). Appear in various places in this issue.
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Mon-El; The Guardian -
1.
Power and Weakness
Mon-El; The Guardian -
2.
Last Days Deny Part One
Animal Man -
3.
Some of us (a-hem!) older comics fans fondly remember reading the wonderful Sunday funnies of our youth. [April 29, 2009]
DC Nation -
4.
[House Advertisement]
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5.
[Ads]
- R. J. Roper
- Katie
- Allen Ross
- Bob Hughes
- Allen Ross
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