Superman #694 [Direct Sales]

(January 2010)

Man of Valor Part One (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

James Robinson

Pencils

Javier Pina

Inks

Javier Pina

Colors

Blond

Letters

John J. Hill

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mon-El; The Guardian [Jim Harper clone]; Science Police [Wilcox [Princess Projectra; Sensor Girl]; Control; others]; Bizarro Superman #1; Superboy [Kon-El] (flashback); Krypto (flashback, cameo); Martha Kent (flashback); Mitch [Matter-Eater Lad]; Ellie; Dr. Calomar (flashback); Parasite (cameo); Superman (statue, destroyed)

Synopsis

Bizarro attacks Metropolis, with the Science Police confronting him, and running out of options. But Mon-El comes in to join the fight, which surprises everyone as he had been thought to be dead. The fight results in a girl being trapped in a car about to blow, but Mon-El's friend Mitch tells him to keep fighting, while Mitch proceeds to rescue her by eating his way to the car. After rescuing the girl, he says there's no use hiding anymore, and turns off his cloaking using his Legion flight ring. Flashing back during the fight, Mon-El remembers returning to Smallville, meeting with Conner Kent and Martha Kent, and discussing all that has happened, and how he needs to approach being a hero now. He decides he needs to be more of an inspiration, like Superman. And since his costume was trashed, Martha makes a new uniform for him, more based on Superman's. Back in the fight, Mon-El finds he has lost his powers again, just as the Parasite joins the fight.

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)

Indexer Notes

Story continued from the previous issue, and continues in the next issue. Debut of Mon-El's new uniform.

[House Advertisement] (Table of Contents: 2)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

House ad for: Blackest Night Collector Action Figures. Appears on page 32 in this issue.

[November 25, 2009] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Ian Sattler

Pencils

Nicola Scott

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Ian shows off pencil art from Blackest Night: Wonder Woman #1. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 11 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Total of 9 one-page and 1 two-page ads for: Skyrunners (TV, Disney), Dragonball Raging Blast (video game, Bandai Namco), MD Macro (music, MDMacro.com), Doctor Who (TV, BBC America), Powerless (book, Alfred A. Knopf), Tekken 6 (video game, Bandai Namco), Avatar the Game (video game, Ubisoft), DC Heroic Holiday Gift Guide (sweepstakes: graphic novels, video games, DVD, dcholidaysweeps.com, 2 pages), Dragonball Z Attack of the Saiyans (video game, Bandai Namco), and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (online game, Square Enix). Appear in various places in this issue.