Superman #699 [Direct Sales]
(June 2010)

DC, 2006 Series
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Price
2.99 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2010-04-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200033 69911
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Wil Moss (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is Red Shield Continuity #40. "Printed by World Color Press, Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada. 04/21/10." This issue features "Last Stand of New Krypton" promotion on the cover.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Aaron Lopresti
Inks
Aaron Lopresti
Colors
Pete Pantazis
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
Reprints

Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton Part Eight: Irony in Ire (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman; Mon-El / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
James Robinson
Pencils
Bernard Chang
Inks
Bernard Chang
Colors
Blond
Letters
John J. Hill

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Mon-El; General Zod; Ursa; Brainiac; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Quislet; Sensor Girl [Princess Projectra]; Starman [Thom Kallor]; Matter-Eater Lad; Tellus; Element Lad; Brainiac 5]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Dr. Calomar (flashback); General Sam Lane (flashback, cameo); Metallo (flashback, cameo); Superboy [Kon-El]; Lex Luthor (cameo); Lanothian; Ulla; Laroo; Trago; Raagin
Synopsis
Superman, Zod and his army, Supergirl, and the Legion are all fighting Brainiac on his ship. Supergirl and Brainiac 5 take Kandor back to New Krypton and re-enlarge it. Mon-El escapes from his captivity, and is given the assignment of saving particular bottled cities, and asks Projectra to change his costume back to his old one. And Luthor sneaks aboard and enlarges one city while still in the ship.
Reprints
Keywords
Brainiac Probes; Headship; Kandor

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Supergirl (DC, 2005 series) #52, and continues in Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton (DC, 2010 series) #3 and in Adventure Comics (DC, 2008 series) #11 / 514.

Dick Giordano 1923-2010 [April 28, 2010] (Table of Contents: 2)

DC Nation; Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mike Carlin
Pencils
Angelo Torres
Inks
Angelo Torres
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography
Characters
Dick Giordano

Indexer Notes

Mike gives a biography of and remembers Dick Giordano. The logo from Dick's old "Meanwhile..." column is also used. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

House ads for: DCU: Legacies, What's New: Great Graphic Novels You Should Be Reading (Green Lantern: Secret Origin/Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn hardcovers), Brightest Day, Green Lantern #53/Green Lantern Corps #48, Green Arrow #1, The Flash #1, Justice League: Generation Lost #1, Birds of Prey #1, and Titans: Villains for Hire Special #1. Appear in various places in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Total of 3 one-page ads for: AC/DC Iron Man 2 (CD, Columbia), Doctor Who (TV, BBC America), and Generator Rex (TV, Cartoon Network). Appear in various places in this issue.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton Part Eight: Irony in Ire
    Superman; Mon-El
  3. 2. Dick Giordano 1923-2010 [April 28, 2010]
    DC Nation; Meanwhile...
  4. 3. [House Advertisements]
  5. 4. [Ads]
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