Action Comics #684

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.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07099230410312

  This edition’s page
• DC Universe Corner Box

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Doomsday!

This is part 5 of 9. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #18
2. Justice League America (1989) #69
3. Superman (1987) #74
4. Adventures of Superman (1987) #497
5. Action Comics (1938) #684
6. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #19
7. Superman (1987) #75
8. The Death of Superman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2022) #nn
9. Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus (2024) #2

Also part of: Death of Superman

Creators

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.

Publisher’s description

The final showdown between Superman and Doomsday is finally here! With Lois Lane in harm's way, Superman realizes he might have to make the ultimate sacrifice to save the woman and the city that he loves!

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)