Superman...! Where is he? Where is your titan?! I will show him sorrow! I will show him pain! I will show him -- ATLAS! I am the champion this city, this land, this orb needs. Me. 
- — Atlas
Superman #677 is an issue of the series Superman (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 2008. It was published on June 25, 2008.
Synopsis for "The Coming of Atlas, Part One: The World on His Shoulders"
Superman and Green Lantern are playing fetch with Krypto in deep space. Clark and Hal muse about their current lives. Superman thinks he's gotten lucky so far because he has his parents, his cousin, his wife... and even his dog. Green Lantern, whose life was in shambles thanks to the Star Sapphire Corps and Parallax, wonders if his friend is being too naive.
Meanwhile on Earth, the Science Police is battling a humongous white creature. They do their best to stop its rampage, but nothing seems to damage it. Abruptly, someone rams through the monster's chest. In its death throes the creature falls down and crashes into the Daily Planet building. The globe on top of the building topples over and falls down, but it's caught and flung far away by the mysterious figure.
The mysterious super-being calls himself Atlas and screams out for a battle against Superman in order to prove his superiority. The Science Police attacks him instead, to no avail. Atlas crushes the whole squad easily and bellows Superman's name again.
At last, Superman hears him. He tells Hal to look after Krypto and streaks back to Earth to confront Atlas.
Appearing in "The Coming of Atlas, Part One: The World on His Shoulders"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Metropolis Police Department
- Science Police
- Control
- Adam McCafferty
- Carol Dash
- Clare Madison
- Jake Grimaldi
- Travis Dubarry
- Control
- Science Police
- Gotham City Police Department (Mentioned only)
- Lois Lane (Mentioned only)
- Green Lantern (Alan Scott) (Mentioned only)
- Jade (Mentioned only)
- Star Sapphire (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Sector 2814
- Earth
- Metropolis
- Gotham City (Mentioned only)
- Keystone City (Mentioned only)
- Opal City (Mentioned only)
- Earth
Items:
Vehicles:
Notes
- Issue shipped with an alternate cover by Renato Guedes.
- The present storyline serves as a prelude to the "Superman: New Krypton" 2009 story-arc.
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
  New Krypton Crossover Core Issues
Lead-Up
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