Dates
- Cover date
- August 1993
- On sale
- July 1, 1993
- In stores
- July 1, 1993
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #503 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 07099231140833
This edition’s page
Story arc: Reign of the Supermen!
This is part 12 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
- Line of Fire! [Reign of the Supermen, Part 12] · 22 pages
Cyborg Superman asks for Superboy's help cleaning up Coast City, and then soundly defeats him when he arrives. Observing the battle from space, Mongul reveals that he is working for the Cyborg Superman.
Publisher’s description
With his plans in motion and his true nature still unknown by the citizens of Earth, Cyborg Superman prepares to take out Superboy! Does the Boy of Steel have any chance of surviving a fight with a killer who still claims to be the real Superman?! Meanwhile, a Kryptonian Battle Suit is fired up at Superman's fortress of solitude--who's inside?!
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)