Action Comics #690

Dates

Cover date

August 1993

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #690 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 07098930410934

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Story arc: Reign of the Supermen!

This is part 13 of 21. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Action Comics (1938) #687
2. Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
3. Superman (1987) #78
4. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #22
5. Action Comics (1938) #688
6. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #23
7. Superman (1987) #79
8. Adventures of Superman (1987) #502
9. Action Comics (1938) #689
10. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #24
11. Superman (1987) #80
12. Adventures of Superman (1987) #503
13. Action Comics (1938) #690
14. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #25
15. Superman (1987) #81
16. Adventures of Superman (1987) #504
17. Action Comics (1938) #691
18. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #26
19. Green Lantern (1990) #46
20. Superman (1987) #82
21. Superman: The 85th Anniversary Collection (2023) #nn

Publisher’s description

Cyborg Superman continues to frame the Last Son of Krypton! Will anyone be able to find out what he's up to before it's too late?! Meanwhile, Superboy, while being held captive by Mongol, learns the Cyborg Superman's awful plans! All the while, the Last Son of Krypton learns who he really is, and the battle suit from the Fortress of Solitude marches onward!

Reprinted in

Superman: The Return of Superman (1993), Superman: The Return of Superman (1993), The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2007), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2013), Superman (2016), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2019), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Compendium (2025)