Action Comics #688

Dates

Cover date

Early July 1993

On sale

May 13, 1993

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #688 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 07098930410926

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Reign of the Supermen!

This is part 5 of 21. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Action Comics (1938) #687
2. Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
3. Superman (1987) #78
4. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #22
5. Action Comics (1938) #688
6. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #23
7. Superman (1987) #79
8. Adventures of Superman (1987) #502
9. Action Comics (1938) #689
10. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #24
11. Superman (1987) #80
12. Adventures of Superman (1987) #503
13. Action Comics (1938) #690
14. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #25
15. Superman (1987) #81
16. Adventures of Superman (1987) #504
17. Action Comics (1938) #691
18. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #26
19. Green Lantern (1990) #46
20. Superman (1987) #82
21. Superman: The 85th Anniversary Collection (2023) #nn

Also part of: Reign of the Supermen

Creators

Stories

• An Eye for an Eye [Reign of the Supermen, Part 5] · Last Son of Krypton; Superman · 22 pages

  Guy Gardner goes after the Last Son of Krypton, and after a brief scuffle, decides that he actually likes this new Superman.

Publisher’s description

The Last Son of Krypton takes down criminals in an unforgiving manner--can this really be the true Superman? And can Guy Gardner hold his own in a battle with him?

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)