Superman #3

Dates

Cover date

March 1987

On sale

November 18, 1986

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #3 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 0709893067503 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover

  Canadian

  Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

  Barcode 0709893067503 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Legends

This is part 20 of 30. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Batman (1940) #401
2. Detective Comics (1937) #568
3. Legends (1986) #1
4. Legends (1986) #2
5. The Green Lantern Corps (1986) #207
6. Cosmic Boy (1986) #1
7. Justice League of America (1960) #258
8. The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #55
9. Secret Origins (1986) #10
10. Cosmic Boy (1986) #2
11. Legends (1986) #3
12. Justice League of America (1960) #259
13. The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #56
14. Blue Beetle (1986) #9
15. Warlord (1976) #114
16. Cosmic Boy (1986) #3
17. Legends (1986) #4
18. Justice League of America (1960) #260
19. Blue Beetle (1986) #10
20. Superman (1987) #3
21. Adventures of Superman (1987) #426
22. Warlord (1976) #115
23. Action Comics (1938) #586
24. Cosmic Boy (1986) #4
25. Legends (1986) #5
26. Justice League of America (1960) #261
27. Legends (1986) #6
28. Secret Origins (1986) #14
29. DC Finest: Suicide Squad: Trial by Fire (2025) #nn
30. DC Finest: Justice League of America: The Return (2025) #nn

Creators

Stories

• Legends from the Darkside · 22 pages

  Darkseid sends his Omega Beams to retrieve Superman, only to receive Clark Kent instead. Disappointed, Darkseid throws Clark to the Hunger Dogs, but he fights them off and attempts to rescue a woman condemned to death. Meanwhile, back in Metropolis, Lois interviews G. Gordon Godfrey.

Characters

Reprinted in

Superman: The Man of Steel (2003), Superman vs. Darkseid (2015), Superman: The Man of Steel (2020)