Action Comics #686

Dates

Cover date

February 1993

On sale

1993

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #686 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Direct edition

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  This edition’s page
• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07099230410302

  Source ↗
• DC Universe Corner Box

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Funeral for a Friend

This is part 7 of 11. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Adventures of Superman (1987) #498
2. Action Comics (1938) #685
3. Justice League America (1989) #70
4. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #20
5. Superman (1987) #76
6. Adventures of Superman (1987) #499
7. Action Comics (1938) #686
8. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #21
9. Superman (1987) #77
10. Superman (1987) #83
11. Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus (2024) #2

Publisher’s description

Guardian patrols the street of Metropolis while Luthor and Supergirl continue to investigate what's happened to Superman's body and whether or not Superman is really still alive.

Reprinted in

Superman: World without a Superman (1993), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2013), Superman (2016), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2019), Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus (2024), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Compendium (2025)