| Issue | #688 |
| Published | July 2009 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 2.99 USD |
| Pages | 40 |
| Editing | Matt Idelson; Wil Moss (assistant editor) |
| Notes | This issue is Green Shield Continuity #27, and went on sale 2009-05-26 (non-US) and 2009-05-27 (US) (on time). It features the "World Without [S-shield]" promotion on the cover. |
| Characters | Mon-El |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Andrew Robinson (painting, signed) |
| Inks | Andrew Robinson (painting, signed) |
| Colors | Andrew Robinson (painting, signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Mon-El; The Guardian [Jim Harper clone]; Squad K [Percy Hazard; others]; Kimiyo Hoshi [Doctor Light]; Mitch [Matter-Eater Lad]; Science Police [Wilcox [Princess Projectra; Sensor Girl]; others]; Tellus; Codename: Assassin; Eddy (cameo); Ron (cameo); General Sam Lane (cameo); Static (on monitor); The Hangman (on monitor); The Shield (on monitor); Inferno (on monitor); Magog (on monitor); The Web (on monitor); Icon (on monitor); Iron Butterfly (on monitor) |
| Synopsis | Mon-El has suddenly lost his powers in mid-flight, and falls into the harbor. Not knowing how to swim, he starts to drown, but is rescued by the Guardian. Guardian was looking for him, to tell him that Squad K is also looking for him. Suddenly, his powers come back, just as Squad K shows up to bring him in, thinking he is Kryptonian. Not believing that he's not, they try to take him down, but Mon-El is finished with them in 98 seconds. Doctor Light analyzes Mon-El, and reveals that his powers are counteracting the elixir that saved Mon-El, trying to "cure" it. But the elixir is holding back the lead poisoning, so if it is eradicated, Mon-El will die. Doctor Light estimates a year to 18 months before that happens. His powers will continue to cut out as the elixir fights the problem. Mon-El asks for help from the Guardian to learn to take care of himself when powerless. Later, Mon-El meets Mitch, who runs a restaurant downstairs from his apartment, and Mitch convinces him that he needs to experience life more, including travel. The Guardian's special team attack the complex holding Tellus, and they escape with him. Codename: Assassin confronts them, but a fight is avoided for now. Mon-El begins touring the Earth, starting with Paris, France. And determines that he wants to live. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | James Robinson |
| Pencils | Renato Guedes |
| Inks | José Wilson Magalhães |
| Colors | David Curiel |
| Letters | John J. Hill |
| Notes | Story continued from last issue, and continues in the next issue. |
| Characters | Batwoman; Rush |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Greg Rucka |
| Pencils | J. H. Williams III |
| Inks | J. H. Williams III |
| Colors | Dave Stewart |
| Letters | Todd Klein |
| Editing | Mike Siglain; Harvey Richards (Assistant) |
| Reprinted | from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #854 [preview of pages 1-5] |
| Script | Ian Sattler |
| Notes | Ian shows the cover for the first issue of the new Magog ongoing series. Appears on page 38 in this issue. |
| Notes | House ad for: Blackest Night. Appears on page 14 in this issue. |
| Notes | Total of 4 one-page, 1 four-page, and 1 two-page ads for: Set Your Phone to Stun: Star Trek The Mobile Game (mobile game, Verizon Wireless), LifeSavers Gummies (candy, Wm. Wrigley Company), Punch-Out (video game, Nintendo, 4 pages), 2009 Design Scholarship Challenge (graphic design colleges, visualdiner.com, 2 pages), abovetheinfluence (Partnership for a Drug-Free America), and got milk? with X-Men Origins Wolverine [Hugh Jackman] (milk, America's Milk Processors). Appear in various places in this issue. |