CATALOG RECORD

Action Comics #689

DC · Series began 1938 · Late July 1993

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Dates

Cover date: Late July 1993
On sale: June 10, 1993
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #689 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.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07098930410930
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Creators

pencils: Ed Hannigan, Kerry Gammill, Butch Guice, Steve Dillon, Jon Bogdanove, Ron Boydinks: Butch Guice, Denis Rodier, Steve Dillon, Dennis Janke, Ron Boydscript: Roger Stern, Jennifer Frankcolors: Glenn Whitmoreletters: Bill Oakley

Stories

Who Is the Hero True? [Reign of the Supermen, Part 9] · Last Son of Krypton · 22 pages
The regeneration matrix at the Fortress releases another body, this one appearing to be the real Kal-El, i.e., Superman. Steel and the Last Son of Krypton battle to decide "the one true Superman." Mongul continues to approach Earth.

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)