Superman: The Man of Steel #21

Dates

Cover date

March 1993

On sale

January 14, 1993

In stores

January 14, 1993

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #21 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 07099230801903

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Funeral for a Friend

This is part 8 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

• Ghosts [Funeral for a Friend, Part 7] · 22 pages

  Lois, with the help of the Newsboy Legion and the Underworlders, breaks into Cadmus to search for Superman's body. Jonathan has a heart attack.

Publisher’s description

Superman's body turns up at Project Cadmus, which hopes to learn what made him so special. Also, the strain of losing his son becomes too much for Pa Kent. Continued in Superman #77.

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)