Dates
- Cover date
- July 1993
- On sale
- May 20, 1993
- In stores
- May 20, 1993
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #23 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 07098930801507
This edition’s page
Story arc: Reign of the Supermen!
This is part 6 of 21. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Action Comics (1938) #687
- Adventures of Superman (1987) #501
- Superman (1987) #78
- Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #22
- Action Comics (1938) #688
- Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #23
- Superman (1987) #79
- Adventures of Superman (1987) #502
- Action Comics (1938) #689
- Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #24
- Superman (1987) #80
- Adventures of Superman (1987) #503
- Action Comics (1938) #690
- Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #25
- Superman (1987) #81
- Adventures of Superman (1987) #504
- Action Comics (1938) #691
- Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #26
- Green Lantern (1990) #46
- Superman (1987) #82
- Superman: The 85th Anniversary Collection (2023) #nn
Also part of: Reign of the Supermen
Creators
Stories
- Ambush! [Reign of the Supermen, Part 6] · 22 pages
Steel meets the White Rabbit, and discovers she is someone he was close to in the past.
Publisher’s description
It's Iron John vs. the Metropolis Kid as the Man of Steel crosses paths with the youthful Superman, and members of the media begin picking their favorite Superman. Also, Lex Luthor II squares off against the White Rabbit. Continued in Superman #79.
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)