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 robots Superman robots The Superman robots are fictional robots from the DC Comics Universe. The robots resembled Superman in appearance and abilities. Superman robots played a particularly dominant role in late 1950s and 1960s era Superman comics, when readers were first introduced to Superman possessing various robot duplicates. These robots each possessed a fraction of the Man of Steel's powers, and were sometimes used to substitute for him on missions (such as those where kryptonite was present) or for the purposes of protecting his secret identity (to that end, Superman also possessed a few Clark Kent robots). One notable Superman robot