Dates
- Cover date
- Early June 1993
- On sale
- April 15, 1993
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #500 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 07098931140426
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Life After Death! · 38 pages
After suffering a heart attack, Jonathan's spirit joins Clark's in the astral plane. Jonathan must get Clark to clear his head, or else he might end up in Blaze's domain... forever.
- First Sighting · 4 pages
In the midst of a battle between rival gangs, John Henry Irons rises from the rubble of the battle between Superman and Doomsday.
- First Sighting · Eradicator · 4 pages
A guy tries to hijack a car, and is pursued by the cold Last Son of Krypton.
- First Sighting · 4 pages
Superboy escapes from Cadmus with the help of the Newsboy Legion.
- First Sighting · Cyborg Superman · 4 pages
Superman returns to Metropolis, but portions of his body have been replaced with cybernetic parts.
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), Superman: World without a Superman (1993), Steel: The Forging of a Hero (1997), Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2004), Steel: A Celebration of 30 Years (2023)