Dates
- Cover date
- January 1993
- On sale
- November 26, 1992
- In stores
- November 26, 1992
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (5)
Copies of #498 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
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 3rd printing
Third 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 07099231140801
This edition’s page - DC Universe Corner BoxThis edition’s page
Story arc: Funeral for a Friend
This is part 1 of 11. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Adventures of Superman (1987) #498
- Action Comics (1938) #685
- Justice League America (1989) #70
- Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #20
- Superman (1987) #76
- Adventures of Superman (1987) #499
- Action Comics (1938) #686
- Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #21
- Superman (1987) #77
- Superman (1987) #83
- Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus (2024) #2
Also part of: Funeral For A Friend
Creators
Stories
- Death of a Legend [Funeral for a Friend, Part 1] · 22 pages
Guardian, Professor Emil Hamilton and others try to bring Superman back to life.
Publisher’s description
After Superman's death at the hands of Doomsday, EMTs struggle to bring him back to life, and Lois Lane and everyone else close to the Man of Steel realizes that they might really have to live in a world without Superman.
Reprinted in
Superman: World without a Superman (1993), The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2007), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2013), Superman (2016), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2019), Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus (2024), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Compendium (2025)