Superman #698 [Direct Sales]
(May 2010)

DC, 2006 Series
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Price
2.99 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2010-03-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
761941200033 69811
Editing
Matt Idelson (editor); Wil Moss (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is Red Shield Continuity #34. "Printed by World Color Press, Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada. 03/17/10." This issue features "Last Stand of New Krypton" promotion on the cover.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman; Mon-El / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Julian Lopez (signed)
Inks
BIT
Colors
Santiago Arcas (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Mon-El; Brainiac Probes
Reprints

Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton Part Three: Destiny (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman; Mon-El / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Mon-El; Ursa; General Zod; Brainiac; Lex Luthor; Brainiac Probes; Koko; Lanothian; Ulla; Laroo; Trago; Raagin; New Krypton; Headship
Synopsis
Superman is held captive on Brainiac's ship by Brainiac and Luthor. Mon-El fights his way through the ship, guided mentally by the Lanothians and Tellus. Superman breaks free, but is stymied by Luthor who threatens to shoot one of the bottled cities. But Mon-El bursts in, saving that city. They then team up to fight Brainiac's army.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continued from Supergirl (DC, 2005 series) #51, and continues in Adventure Comics (DC, 2008 series) #9

Special Sneak Preview - Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues (Table of Contents: 2)

The Flash / preview (from the publisher) / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Geoff Johns
Pencils
Francis Manapul
Inks
Francis Manapul
Colors
Brian Buccellato
Letters
Nick Napolitano
Editing
Eddie Berganza; Adam Schlagman (associate)

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Flash [Barry Allen]; Iris Allen; Trickster [Axel Walker]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Previews the upcoming series on sale in April.

WonderCon [March 24, 2010] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Ian Sattler
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Ian talks about the DC personnel going to WonderCon 2010 in April. Appears on page 34 in this issue.

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 4)

advertisement / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Total of 5 one-page ads for: Ever Tried Riding an Iceberg Down a Lava Flow? (5 gum, Wm. Wrigley Jr.). C2E2 Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (comic convention, Reed Exhibitions), WonderCon (comic convention, San Diego ComicCon International), Everquest II Sentinel's Fate (online game, Sony Online Entertainment), and I Want You to Create Games (video game contest, Wario/Nintendo). Appear in various places in this issue.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman; Mon-El
  2. 1. Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton Part Three: Destiny
    Superman; Mon-El
  3. 2. Special Sneak Preview - Case One: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues
    The Flash
  4. 3. WonderCon [March 24, 2010]
    DC Nation
  5. 4. [Ads]
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