Superman: The Man of Steel #20

Dates

Cover date

February 1993

On sale

December 17, 1992

In stores

December 17, 1992

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #20 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 07099230801902

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Funeral for a Friend

This is part 4 of 11. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Adventures of Superman (1987) #498
2. Action Comics (1938) #685
3. Justice League America (1989) #70
4. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #20
5. Superman (1987) #76
6. Adventures of Superman (1987) #499
7. Action Comics (1938) #686
8. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #21
9. Superman (1987) #77
10. Superman (1987) #83
11. Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus (2024) #2

Also part of: Funeral For A Friend

Creators

Stories

• Funeral Day [Funeral for a Friend, Part 3] · 22 pages

  The City of Metropolis has a funeral for Superman. Lois finally works up the nerve to call Jonathan and Martha.

Publisher’s description

The actual funeral for the defeated Man of Steel draws crowds of DC's most famous heroes to his side. In Smallville, Ma and Pa Kent--unable to claim their son's body--hold a symbolic funeral for Clark. Continued in Superman #76.

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)