#[nn]

Synopsis

Young Clark Kent befriends a Kryptonese-speaking amnesiac whose spaceship crash-lands on Earth. Calling the survivor Mon-El, Clark decides to test whether he is Kryptonian. He takes out a lead box containing Kryptonite, but Mon-El collapses and remembers he is Lar Gand, a researcher from Daxam investigating Krypton's destruction and searching for any surviving artefacts. While following Kal-El's rocket to Earth, a sunspot caused his crash. Realizing he is dying, as lead is toxic to him, Mon-El has Clark project him into the Phantom Zone, though Clark vows to cure and release him some day.

Reprinted from

• Action Comics Annual #10
• Superman #684
• Superman #685
• Superman #686
• Superman #687
• Action Comics #874
• Superman #688
• Superman #689— modified
• Superman #690
• Superman: Secret Files 2009 #1

Reprinted in

• Superman: Mon-El #[nn]

Credits

Script

Geoff Johns, Richard Donner, James Robinson, Sterling Gates

Pencils

Eric Wight, Alex Ross, Jesús Merino, Aaron Lopresti, Pablo Raimondi, Renato Guedes, Javier Pina, Andrew Robinson, Pere Pérez, Bernard Chang, Pete Woods

Inks

Eric Wight, Alex Ross, Jesús Merino, Aaron Lopresti, Pablo Raimondi, Walden Wong, Jose W. Magalhaes, Javier Pina, Andrew Robinson, Pere Pérez, Pete Woods

Painting

Andrew Robinson

Colours

Lee Loughridge, Alex Ross, David Curiel, Hi-Fi, Andrew Robinson, Pete Woods

Letters

Travis Lanham, John J. Hill, Rob Leigh

Associate editor - original series

Nachie Castro, Wil Moss

Editor - original series

Matt Idelson

Group editor - collected editions

Bob Harras