Dates
- Cover date
- Early June 1993
- In stores
- April 15, 1993
- Pages
- 68
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #500 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 - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098931140426
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Publisher’s description
Back on Earth, life without Superman doesn't get any easier for Superman's old allies Bibbo and Gangbuster, or his mother, who's now lost a son and her husband. Pa follows Superman into the afterlife. Will he be able to get to his son and bring him back to life, or will he be held back by his past? Meanwhile, four new heroes show up in Metropolis--could one of them be Superman reincarnated?
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), Superman: World without a Superman (1993), Steel: The Forging of a Hero (1997), Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (2004), Steel: A Celebration of 30 Years (2023)