CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #684

DC · Series began 1938 · December 1992

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Dates

Cover date: December 1992
On sale: November 5, 1992
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #684 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.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07099230410312
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DC Universe Corner Box
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Creators

pencils: Art Thibert, Butch Guiceinks: Art Thibert, Denis Rodier, Butch Guicecolors: Denis Rodier, Glenn Whitmorescript: Roger Stern, Jennifer Frankletters: Bill Oakley

Stories

[The Death of Superman, Part 5]: ... Doomsday is Near · 22 pages
Doomsday continues to head for Metropolis, and Superman is having no luck stopping him.

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)