Superman Annual #14

(October 2009)

The History Lesson (Table of Contents: 1)

Mon-El / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script

James Robinson

Pencils

Javier Pina

Inks

Javier Pina

Colors

Hi-Fi

Letters

Travis Lanham

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mon-El; Mitch; Doctor Light [Kimiyo Hoshi]; The Guardian [Jim Harper clone]; Tellus (hands only); Captain Nazi (cameo); Steel [John Henry Irons] (cameo); Dax-Am (intro); Lon-Am (flashback); Zax Vane (flashback); Van Toth (flashback); Juyu (flashback); Bal Gand (flashback); Eradicator (flashback); Sorrow Cult (flashback); Van (flashback); Clark Kent (flashback); Daxam

Synopsis

Someone has given Mon-El red crystals that can show him the past on his planet, Daxam. Using them, he finds out his planet's history starts on Krypton. The people there spread beyond their planet, expanding in conquest and colonization. One such traveler was Dax-Am, who colonized the planet Daxam. In combination with the natives, the new society grew, and eventually reached for the stars themselves, but not in conquest, rather in trust. One traveler came to Earth, and fell in love with an Aztec man, but returned to Daxam carrying their child. Years passed, and many on Daxam started to fear the stars, but not descendants of the female traveler. Wars were fought, and most people ended up fearing other worlds. But at the time of Lar Gand, some did not fear, but had to meet in secret. Two such people were Lar and his friend Van, who even found a rocket ship; the female travelers craft (still working). But they were betrayed, and Van was captured and Lar forced to flee in the rocket. The ship still had programmed into it a course to Earth, which Lar follows, crashing at the Kent farm where he is found by Clark Kent. Mon-El now realizes that the female traveler was his ancestor; he has Earth blood in him.

Reprints

• in Superman: Mon-El - Man of Valor (DC, 2010 series) ([December] 2010)
• in Superman: Mon-El - Man of Valor (DC, 2011 series) ([December] 2011)

Keywords

Krypton

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Superman (DC, 2006 series) #690.

Secret Origin Book One: The Boy of Steel (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / preview (from the publisher) / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Geoff Johns

Pencils

Gary Frank

Inks

Jon Sibal

Colors

Brad Anderson

Letters

Steve Wands

Editing

Matt Idelson; Wil Moss (assistant editor)

Genre

superhero

Characters

Clark Kent; Lana Lang; Lex Luthor

Reprints

• from Superman: Secret Origin (DC, 2009 series) #1 (November 2009) [preview of pages 29-33]

Keywords

Kryptonite

And the DC Nation 2009 Tour Rolls On! [August 19, 2009] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Ian Sattler

Indexer Notes

Ian talks about attending Fan Expo Canada in Toronto and the DC guests that will be there. Appears on page 45 in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 7 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

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