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SUPERMAN #695



Written by James Robinson
Art by Fernando Dagnino & Raúl Fernandez
Cover by CAFU
Part 2 of Man of Valor! Metropolis gets a chance to see the new Mon-El in action. But now the stakes are raised even higher and the action escalates as Mon finally goes mano-a-mano against the Parasite! This is a battle that’s been brewing since Mon’s emergence on Earth and now it explodes into the streets and skies of the city.
Plus, with Mon-El’s secret identity publicly known, how will the Science Police react to him now that they know he’s been living among them all this time? All this plus the return of Natasha Irons and the fate of Steel!
On sale December 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US

SUPERMAN: SECRET ORIGIN #4



Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank & Jon Sibal
Covers by Gary Frank
While everyone wants something from Metropolis’ first Super Hero, Superman must fight his first Super-Villain – someone who wants everything – the Parasite! Meanwhile, Lex Luthor turns his attention toward The Man of Steel...
Geoff Johns and Gary Frank continue their bold reinterpretation of the origin of The Man of Steel for the 21st Century!
Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Gary Frank), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Gary Frank). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.
On sale December 23 • 4 of 6 • 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US

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Um, I really am liking that first cover, and Mon-El's costume. No matter what everyone else says.

People who dislike it can always take consolation in the fact that his 31st-Century incarnation might well end up back in the "old" outfit anyway.

^^^ I'm sure he probably will, if Lo3W is anything to go by.

I don't have a problem with them changing Mon-el's costume for his 20th century adventures - in fact I wish they'd changed it more.

My big problem with it is that they all they did was make his fairly unique 'loose' original outfit more generic by tightening it and then added on a little Superman symbol. It seems so uncreative to me.

Um...no Legion?!?!?



ADVENTURE COMICS #5

Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Jerry Ordway; co-feature art by Francis Manapul
Cover by Jerry Ordway
Variant Cover by Francis Manapul

Concluding the 2-part BLACKEST NIGHT tale of Superboy-Prime! The Black Lanterns have forced Prime to face his deepest and darkest fears, but what - and who - are they? And how will Superboy-Prime strike back after this devastating attack?

Plus, Conner Kent faces off with Superman's greatest enemy in an exciting co-feature by Geoff Johns and Francis Manapul. That's right: Superboy confronts Lex Luthor!

Retailers please note: This issue will ship with two covers. For every 10 copies of the Standard Edition (with a cover by Jerry Ordway), retailers may order one copy of the Variant Edition (with a cover by Francis Manapul and renamed and renumbered ADVENTURE COMICS #508). Please see the Previews Order Form for more information.

On sale December 9 - 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US



R.E.B.E.L.S. #11

Written by Tony Bedard
Art by Claude St. Aubin & Scott Hanna
Cover by Kalman Andrasofszky

BLACKEST NIGHT spreads across the galaxy!

Super-genius Vril Dox might be the newest Sinestro Corps recruit, but Black Lanterns Harbinger and Stealth still hit the intergalactic renegade right where it hurts! And while we wish we could say that's the absolute worst thing that happens to Dox in this issue…we can't.

On sale December 9 - 40 pg, FC, $3.99 US



R.E.B.E.L.S VOL. 1: THE COMING OF STARRO TP

Written by Tony Bedard
Art by Andy Clarke, Claude St. Aubin and Scott Hanna
Cover by Andy Clarke
In this new title collecting the first six R.E.B.E.L.S issues, Brainiac’s son Vril Dox must recruit a new team to free countless lives across a galaxy. And this time, he's basing his new group on the greatest heroes and villains of the 31st century. But can Dox assemble his team fast enough to stop Starro from conquering the entire universe?
Advance-solicited; on sale January 20 • 144 pg, FC, $17.99 US



SUPERBOY: THE GREATEST TEAM-UPS EVER TOLD TP

Written by Bill Finger, Otto Binder, Jerry Siegel and others
Art by Curt Swan, Al Plastino, John Forte and others
Cover by Alan Davis
Superboy, the hero who would grow up to become Superman, battles evil alongside some of the world’s greatest heroes in this new collection. Features content from ADVENTURE COMICS #216, 253, 271, 280, SUPERBOY #55, 63, 80, 171, 182 and NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERBOY #13.
Advance-solicited; on sale January 20 • 168 pg, FC, $19.99 US



SUPERMAN: MON-EL VOL. 1 HC

Written by James Robinson, Richard Donner and Geoff Johns
Art by Renato Guedes, Javier Pina, Pablo Raimondi, Jesus Merino, Eric Wight and José Wilson Magalhães
Cover by Andrew Robinson
Following the startling events of NEW KRYPTON, Earth finds itself without Superman. Luckily, Metropolis still has heroes like Mon-El. But after years of knowing nothing but the solitude of the Phantom Zone, how will Mon-El acclimate himself to society? And the recently returned Guardian has his hands full with his new position in the Science Police. How can they fill Superman's shoes? Collecting SUPERMAN #684-690, ACTION COMICS #874 and elements from ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #10!
Advance-solicited; on sale February 3 • 224 pg, FC, $24.99 US

No Legion???!!! And more Superboy Prime? Bah!

I hadn't really thought about it, but Mon-el's costume could have been changed drastically, different colors as well as form. It's not as if there's an identification problem. But I suppose Superman family members have to keep the Superman look. Maybe Krypto could get a new cape.

And what's with the gray hair?
Is it because he's dying?

I hate the blue shorts.

Anyway, I love the dotREBELS cover.
I'm so sorry to see that Stealth is dead, I really cared about that character.

Surely the prime story should have been a Blackest Night:Superboy Prime Special so that no-one need buy it?

5 issues in and the Legion is dropped for this!!!!

At least Superboy Prime will never again appear in a Legion book, if Levitz is smart. So, let's all help REBELS this month, because a great book it is and it deserves to continue publication.

Wanna laugh? I just subscribed and paid for 12 issues of Adventure just to see the Legion. Goodness Sake, ain't DC the dickins...?

Ugg! No Legion?!? That sucks!

Here's a hypothetical - what if the Legion don't replace Kon as the leads in this book? What if the Legion keep their back-up spot and Prime takes his place?

/quickly changing subject while dodging flying vegetables/

Re: R.E.B.E.L.S. - When did Stealth die? I don't remember seeing it anywhere and that's a fairly big death to just occur off-panel.

Kinda crappy too. DC needs to develop their 20th Century space characters - not keep killing them off.

/angrily remembers that shitty Omega Men mini of a few years ago that stupidly killed off 90% of the team OFF-PANEL - including all of the cool new members that Andy Diggle had JUST introduced in his awesome Adam Strange: Planet Heist series/

Omega Men had a mini-series????? When??

2006/2007

And Stealth died in the <strike>last</strike> latest R.E.B.E.L.S. issue.

Wow!

I owned and read the last dotREBELS issue and I don't remember her dying!
I sort of remember Lyrl as a real acting baby and Vril & Stealth discussing taking care of him.

I makes me terribly sad to think that I don't remember, or didn't catch, Stealth's death.

How did she die?

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Thanks NC. I guess one thing to remember about Stealth though - hasn't she died before? And isn't one of her powers the ability to come back from the dead? I vaguely remember reading that happening in one of the earlier issues.

Whew!
Thanks, Nightcrawler.
I'm sorry I'm so literal and stuff.

She was turned into goo at one point, and restored by Vril. During her labour, she went through all sorts of transformations, so who knows what she's capable of.

Well, I dunno much about LEGION except that Elseworlds annual they did, but if she CAN come back from the dead, I don't think that's happening until they get the ring off.

STEALTH getting killed really torques me off.

Anybody getting killed off in a flashback or off-panel torques me off.

Lame.

I believe it was Dox who came back from the dead (via a cloning) after dying when mating with Stealth.

^^^ You're right Man From Cargg but I've just had a memory flash of a shocking final splash page showing Stealth getting stabbed through the chest with a sword by Ignea and later left for dead.

If memory serves correctly she was later revived by Vril who slipped her a pill that jump-started her body's regenerative abilities.

This may be the occasion Cramer alluded to above. Or I could be completely misremembering. It's been many years since I read those comics.

Even if she does have the ability to come back from the dead though, I guess it's no guarantee that she'll do so now that she's been Black Lantern-ised.

Does anyone else all the black lanterns to be alive at the end of Blackest Night - well some of them like J'onn J'onnz

It wouldn't surprise me. In fact, I'm expecting something like that, perhaps a selective restoration based on some of the characters inherent powers.

I hope so.
I certainly want Stealth back, since she was killed just for the mini!

Well, it looks DC is helping me save money by not putting Legion in issue #5. I suppose I am casting a vote for more Legion by not buying this one.

Anybody else getting sick of all this Black Lantern hype?

Maybe... hopefully... possibly... some of the Legion members will be incorporated into the lead storyline as has been shown previously.

Expect an Adventure Comics/Superman crossover soon with all the Legionnaires in the 21C in it. I hope TPTB include Drura.

It's really hard to keep track of what little Legion there is out there. I tend to buy Superman cause of Mon-El. But if his name is not even mentioned in Previews, I do not preorder it. Same goes for Adventure. That way, I can show DC what I think of books without Legionnaires But the problem is the danger of missing something that way - still try to track down the Action issue AFTER the Legion story for example.

I really hope that soon there will be a time when the Legion gets its regular book back. Soon. With Levitz on the helm, it should be a no-brainer.

My 1st thought after seeing that Alan Davis cover was hoping that a trade of Superboy's Legion was coming out since I have no idea where both of my issues are.

The Mon-El vs Parasite fight sounds cool.

No Legion? That bites!

And you never know when a Legionnaire will show up.
In the last 'Superman' that I got, #692, another Legionnaire 'in cognito' was revealed and got 3+ pages in the story!

'Superman' in particular is that way.

And in 'Adventure' #3, Cryo King said that we should be looking for LSV characters in the past, too.