Action Comics #689 [Direct]

(Late July 1993)

Who Is the Hero True? [Reign of the Supermen, Part 9] (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman; Last Son of Krypton / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Roger Stern

Pencils

Butch Guice

Inks

Denis Rodier

Colors

Glenn Whitmore

Letters

Bill Oakley

Job Number

G-8251

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [as Superman]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]; Last Son of Krypton [as Superman]; Kal-El [Superman; Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Matrix]; Tana Moon; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Rex Leech; Gordon; Unit-12; Lex Luthor (villain); Mongul (villain)

Synopsis

The regeneration matrix at the Fortress releases another body, this one appearing to be the real Kal-El, i.e., Superman. Steel and the Last Son of Krypton battle to decide "the one true Superman." Mongul continues to approach Earth.

Reprints

• in Superman: The Return of Superman (Titan, 1993 series) (October 1993)
• in Superman: The Return of Superman (DC, 1993 series) ([December] 1993)
which is reprinted
• in Superman (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1993 series) #5 - Supermans Rückkehr Teil 2 (November 1995)
• in O Retorno do Super-Homem (Editora Abril, 1994 series) #2 (Outubro 1994)
• in Superman (TM-Semic, 1990 series) #4/1996 ([kwiecień] 1996)
• in The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) ([November] 2007)
• in Superman (DC, 2016 series) #4 - The Return of Superman ([May] 2016)
• in Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (DC, 2019 series) ([June] 2019)

Indexer Notes

Story continued from ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #502 and story continues in SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #24.

DC Universe 10 (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

DC Universe / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Re: Action / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jennifer Frank

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Claudia Walker, David R. Dalton, Allan Lane, Frank Balkin, Kevin J. Conley, Mike Clark and Michael Hutchinson - and responses from Jennifer Frank.