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Issue: Action Comics #688

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Publication Date: July 1993

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Issues: #688 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)

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Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 07098930410926

Price: $1.85 CAD
£0.70 GBP
$1.50 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 544, 600, 700)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Action Comics #688 [Direct]

Action Comics #688 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (4 total)

Reign of the Superman! Guy Gardner Chooses Sides!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Last Son of Krypton; Superman

Character(s): Guy Gardner; Last Son of Krypton [as Superman]

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Pages: 1

An Eye for an Eye [Reign of the Supermen, Part 5]

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Last Son of Krypton; Superman

Character(s): Last Son of Krypton [as Superman]; Guy Gardner; Lois Lane; Cat Grant; Superboy [as Superman]; Tana Moon; Inspector Maggie Sawyer (promoted from Captain); Commissioner Bill Henderson (promoted from Inspector)

Synopsis: Guy Gardner goes after the Last Son of Krypton, and after a brief scuffle, decides that he actually likes this new Superman.

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Pages: 22

Notes: Story continues from ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #501 and story continues in SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #23.

DC Universe 9

In-house Column on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Lobo; Guy Gardner

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Pages: 1

Notes: Spotlight on LOBO: PORTRAIT OF A VICTIM. How to draw Guy Gardner by Joe Staton and Terry Beatty. Miscellaneous DC tidbits.

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 2

Notes: Letters from readers - Jeremy Horn, Ben Herman, James Evans, Tim Madden, Kashif Husain, Colin H. Craig, Merlin the Magnificent, Steve Solomon and Joe Frank - and responses from Jennifer Frank.