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

Story arc: Funeral for a Friend

This is part 2 of 11. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Adventures of Superman (1987) #498
2. Action Comics (1938) #685
3. Justice League America (1989) #70
4. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #20
5. Superman (1987) #76
6. Adventures of Superman (1987) #499
7. Action Comics (1938) #686
8. Superman: The Man of Steel (1991) #21
9. Superman (1987) #77
10. Superman (1987) #83
11. Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus (2024) #2

Publisher’s description

What will happen to Superman's body? Fighting erupts in Metropolis, and it's Cadmus and Westfield vs. Luthor's men and Supergirl! Also, all over the world, people struggle to accept Superman's death.

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)