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Issue Details

Issue #699
Published June 2010
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 2.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Matt Idelson; Wil Moss (assistant editor)
Notes This issue is Red Shield Continuity #40, and went on sale 2010-04-28 (on time). "Printed by World Color Press, Inc, Montreal, QC, Canada. 04/21/10." This issue features "Last Stand of New Krypton" promotion on the cover.

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre Superhero
Pencils Aaron Lopresti
Inks Aaron Lopresti
Colors Pete Pantazis
Letters typeset

22 page Superman; Mon-El story "Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton Part Eight: Irony in Ire"

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; Brainiac Probes; Kandor; Headship
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.
Genre Superhero
Script James Robinson
Pencils Bernard Chang
Inks Bernard Chang
Colors Blond
Letters John J. Hill
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.

1 page DC Nation; Meanwhile... biography (nonfictional) "Dick Giordano 1923-2010 [April 28, 2010]"

Characters Dick Giordano
Script Mike Carlin
Pencils Angelo Torres
Inks Angelo Torres
Letters typeset
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.

9 page promo (ad from the publisher) "House Advertisements"

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.

3 page advertisement "Ads"

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.