Action Comics #685

Dates

Cover date

January 1993

Pages

36

Editions and covers (4)

Copies of #685 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.

  This edition’s page
• 2nd printing

  2nd Printing

  Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

  This edition’s page
• 3rd printing

  3rd Printing

  Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.

  Source ↗
• Newsstand edition

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 07099230410301

  This edition’s page

Reprinted in

Superman: World without a 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 Triangle Era Omnibus (2024), Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Compendium (2025)