Superman: The Man of Steel #20

Dates

Cover date

February 1993

In stores

December 17, 1992

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #20 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 07099230801902

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Story arc: Funeral for a Friend

This is part 4 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

The actual funeral for the defeated Man of Steel draws crowds of DC's most famous heroes to his side. In Smallville, Ma and Pa Kent--unable to claim their son's body--hold a symbolic funeral for Clark. Continued in Superman #76.

Reprinted in

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