Dates
- Cover date
- September 1986
- On sale
- May 20, 1986
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #423 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition75¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition75¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893067509 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.
Barcode 0709893067509 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Superman 423 (Facsimile Edition) (2026). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Creators
Stories
- Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? · 24 pages
Tim Crane interviews Lois Lane Elliot about Superman’s final days on the 10th anniversary of his disappearance. Lois relates how Bizarro suddenly became murderous, then the Toyman and the Prankster attacked revealing Superman’s secret identity, and finally a group of Metallos attacked the Daily Planet. In response, Superman took his closest friends to the Fortress of Solitude for protection. As Brainiac took over Luthor's body and recruited the Kryptonite Man, the Legion of Super-Heroes accompanied by Supergirl visited Superman and presented him with a statuette.
Reprinted in
Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (1997), Superman: "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow" DVD Issue (2006), DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore (2006), Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? The Deluxe Edition (2009), Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? (2010), DC Universe by Alan Moore (2012), DC Universe by Alan Moore (2013), Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? The Deluxe Edition (2020 Edition) (2020), DC Heroes & Villains Collection (2021), DC Through the '80s: The End of Eras (2021), Superman 423 (Facsimile Edition) (2026)