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Superman: The Man of Steel #17

DC · Series began 1991 · November 1992

Dates

Cover date
November 1992
On sale
September 17, 1992
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #17 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 ↗
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07099230801911

    This edition’s page
  • 2nd printing

    Second Printing

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

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Jon Bogdanoveinks: Dennis Janke, Bob McLeodcolors: Dennis Janke, Glenn Whitmorescript: Louise Simonson, Jennifer Frank, Jerry Siegelletters: Bill Oakley

Stories

  • Here Be Monsters · 22 pages

    Superman tries to stop the Underworlders from stealing guns, but is unable to track them all down. A mysterious fist is shown punching a steel wall, signaling the coming of... Doomsday!

  • Joe Shuster 1914-1992 · 1 pages

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

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)

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

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).