Dates
- Cover date
- March 1993
- On sale
- February 4, 1993
- Pages
- 68
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #1 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 07098932420635
This edition’s page - 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- The Guardians of Metropolis! · The Guardian · 11 pages
Cadmus discovers Superman's D.N.A. code, but a new Jim Harper clone, Auron, overides his programming and destroys the only physical copy of the data.
- Sister Act · 11 pages
Thorn reappears to help fight the increase in crime since Superman's death.
- Gangbuster of Suicide Slum · Gangbuster · 11 pages
Gangbuster is given a heads up from Inspector Henderson that some criminals he stopped are pressing criminal charges against him, and advises him to leave town.
- Funeral Pyres · 11 pages
Luthor uses Davood Nassur to stop some terrorists.
- Vanishing Point · Waverider · 10 pages
Waverider visits the time of Superman's death, and must decide whether to save him or let him die.
Reprinted in
Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2013), Superman (2016), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2019), Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus (2024), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Compendium (2025), Superman: World without a Superman (1993)