Action Comics #683

Dates

Cover date

November 1992

On sale

October 8, 1992

Pages

36

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #683 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.

  Source ↗
• 2nd printing

  2nd Printing

  Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

  This edition’s page
• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07098930410911

  This edition’s page
• 3rd printing

  3rd Printing

  Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

  This edition’s page

Creators

Stories

• The Trail of the Jackal · 22 pages

  Superman must stop a new vigilante who is murdering criminals... The Jackal! Doomsday breaks free of his prison.

• Joe Shuster 1914-1992 · Joe Shuster · 1 pages

  "The comic book field has lost a great artist and a true pioneer. He'll be sorely missed." -- Jerry Siegel

Publisher’s description

Superman must put a stop to a vigilante--one who's taking stopping crime too far. Meanwhile, Doomsday gets closer and closer to escaping. Will he finally break free? And will Superman be ready to face him when he does?

Reprinted in

The Death of Superman (1993), The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2007), The Death of Superman (2013), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2013), Superman (2016), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2019), The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2022), The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2022), Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus (2024), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Compendium (2025)