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Action Comics #589

DC · Series began 1938 · June 1987

Dates

Cover date
June 1987
On sale
March 3, 1987
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #589 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 0709893041006 · shared with another edition

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

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.

    Barcode 0709893041006 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: John Byrne, Keith Giffen, Ed Hannigan, Stephen DeStefanoinks: John Byrne, Dick Giordano, Karl Keselscript: John Byrne, Mike Carlincolors: Tom Ziukoletters: John Costanza

Stories

  • Green on Green · 22 pages

    When Hawkman triggered the overlord switch in #588, it sent Superman 400,000 light years from Earth, where he is found by Arisia of the Green Lantern Corps. Superman and the Corps then team up to stop the mystical menace that Superman thought was stopped when he teamed up with the Phantom Stranger.

  • In Memorium · 0.389 pages

    John Byrne writes an obituary for Gardner Fox, who had recently passed away.

Characters

Clark KentSupermanHal JordanGreen LanternJohn StewartThe Phantom StrangerKilowogArisiaKatma TuiSalakkCh'p

Reprinted in

Superman: The Man of Steel (2003), Superman: The Man of Steel (2020)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.