Superman #684 [Direct Sales]
(March 2009)

DC, 2006 Series
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Price
2.99 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2009-01-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200033 68411
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Wil Moss (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is Green Shield Continuity #12. It also features the "Faces of Evil" promotion of villains on the cover for March 2009 titles.
This issue has variants:

Parasite Faces of Evil (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Ross (painting)
Inks
Alex Ross (painting)
Colors
Alex Ross (painting)
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Parasite [Rudy Jones]
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The Mind of Rudy Jones (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
James Robinson
Pencils
Jesús Merino
Inks
Jesús Merino
Colors
David Curiel
Letters
John J. Hill
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Parasite [Rudy Jones]; Mon-El; Science Police; The Guardian [Jim Harper clone]; Alura; Kryptonians; Flash [Jay Garrick] (cameo); Nightwing [Chris Kent] (cameo); Flamebird [Thara Ak-Var] (cameo); General Zod (cameo); Ursa (cameo); Non (cameo)
Synopsis
Superman frees Parasite from the Phantom Zone. Mon-El informs Superman that Bizarro is missing, as are Zod and his followers. Parasite reaches in and grabs Mon-El, absorbing some of his energy before Superman stops him. Parasite plays weak until he is left alone, and escapes, using up the last of the power he took from Mon-El. At Science Police HQ, The Guardian introduces himself to his troops. Superman visits New Krypton, and with Alura watches a parade in honor of the new planet. He tells her that Zod is missing, and she tells him she released Zod and has put him in charge of their army.
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Keywords
Kandor; Phantom Zone

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Supergirl (DC, 2005 series) #37, and continues in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #874.

Greetings, DC Nation! [January 28, 2009] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

[House Advertisements] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 8 pages (report information)

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 4 pages (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Parasite Faces of Evil
    Superman
  2. 1. The Mind of Rudy Jones
    Superman
  3. 2. Greetings, DC Nation! [January 28, 2009]
    DC Nation
  4. 3. [House Advertisements]
  5. 4. [Ads]
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  • Katie
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Bob Hughes
  • Martin Olsen
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Van Dore
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