CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #687

DC · Series began 1938 · June 1993

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Dates

Cover date: June 1993
On sale: April 29, 1993
Pages: 40

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #687 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Standard Edition - Direct
Source ↗
Newsstand edition

Standard Edition - Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07098930410924
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Creators

pencils: Kerry Gammill, Butch Guiceinks: Butch Guice, Denis Rodiercolors: Glenn Whitmorescript: Roger Stern, Jennifer Frankletters: Bill Oakley

Stories

Born Again [Reign of the Supermen, Part 1] · 22 pages
An energy form from the Fortress of Solitude bonds with Superman's corpse, resulting in the creation of the Last Son of Krypton.

Reprinted in

Superman: The Return of Superman (1993), Superman: The Return of 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 Death and Return of Superman Compendium (2025)