Superman (comic book) story arc and began a link between "Superman", "Action Comics", and "Supergirl" that started a long-form narrative with the "" event. The majority of Robinson's run featured Mon-El and the Guardian as the featured characters, while Superman himself had gone to live on the planet New Krypton. Robinson's last full issue was #699, tying into "", and he finished his run in a short story in issue #700 (August 2010) that returned Superman to Earth. "Superman" #700 also saw writer J. Michael Straczynski, a self-professed Superman fan who feels a personal connection to the character, take over writing duties with
Superman $) and agreed to stop publishing Captain Marvel. The last Captain Marvel story from Fawcett Comics was published in September 1953. DC licensed in 1972, and eventually acquired by 1991, the intellectual property rights to Captain Marvel, today marketed under the title "Shazam!" This section details the most consistent elements of the Superman narrative in the myriad stories published since 1938. In "Action Comics" #1 (1938), Superman is born on an alien world to a technologically advanced species that resembles humans. Shortly after he is born, his planet is destroyed in a natural cataclysm, but Superman's scientist father foresaw the