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Issue: Superman #681
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Variant: Direct Sales, Standard Cover
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 10/29/2008
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194120003368111
Price: $2.99 CAD
$2.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Matt Idelson
Disclose Notes: This issue is Green Shield Continuity #2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy paper
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
Alex Ross (painted)
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Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman; Kryptonians
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FlagBatman Universe #3 published October 2010
as Bat-Signaux [Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
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This cover is part of a three-issue collage (with Action Comics #871 and Supergirl #35).
New Krypton Part Two Strange Meetings and Chance Encounters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
James Robinson
Renato Guedes
Jose Wilson MagalhaƩs
David Curiel
John J. Hill
Subject Matter
superhero
Superman
Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Justice Society of America [Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Mr. Terrific [Michael Holt]; Hawkgirl [Kendra Sanders]]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Wonder Woman; Zor-El; Alura [called Alura-El here]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Thara Ak-Var (intro); Kryptonians; Agent Liberty; Steve Lombard (cameo); Catherine Grant (cameo); Martha Kent (cameo); Jonathan Kent (photo); Krypto (cameo); President of the United States; Doomsday (cameo); Invisible Plane
The Kryptonians from Kandor are the big news story. Superman is on his way to Kandor when he is confronted by members of the Justice Society of America and Wonder Woman about the Kryptonians' presence on Earth, but he assures them everything will work out. Superman then meets up with the Kryptonians and Supergirl in Kandor, and leads a delegation of them to Metropolis to meet the President of the United States. The President jokes that Supergirl's parents owe him a new plane, but their meeting is interrupted by a fireball crashing. Emerging from it was Doomsday.
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Miscellaneous
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Story continued from Superman: New Krypton Special (DC, 2008 series) #1, and continues in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #871. The U.S. President here resembles George W. Bush, but he mentions the incident in Amazons Attack (#4) where Supergirl brought down Air Force One and that president looked different.
#137 [October 29, 2008]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ian Sattler
Subject Matter
DC Nation
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Miscellaneous
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Ian gives away 10 Tricks or Treats that are upcoming plot points, but five are true and five are false. Ads for Adventure Comics Special Featuring the Guardian #1, Superman and Batman vs. Vampires and Werewolves #2, DCU: Decisions #4, and Superman #681. Appears on page 34 in this issue.
House Advertisements

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Miscellaneous
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House ads for: Final Crisis (November 2008 checklist), Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns; Joker original hardcover graphic novel; Camelot 3000 the Deluxe Edition, and JLA/Avengers softcover. Appear in various places in this issue.
Ads

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Miscellaneous
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Total of 7 one-page ads for: The New British Invasion (DVD, BBC Video), Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (video game, Sega), 25% Off All DC Graphic Novels (comics, Midtown Comics), The DC Comics Encyclopedia/The Vertigo Encyclopedia (books, DK), dew Action Sports tour (NBC Sports), abovetheinfluence (Partnership for a Drug-Free America), and Twilight (movie, Summit Entertainment). Appear in various places in this issue.

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