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Issue: Action Comics #686

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Publication Date: February 1993

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Issues: #686 of 866 Issues (1410 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: 01/07/1993

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $1.50 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.25 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: 1993 Triangle #8.

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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

Format Notes:

Variants2

Action Comics #686 [Direct]

Action Comics #686 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In2

2 Content Items
- Funeral for a Friend/6: Who's Buried in Superman's Tomb? [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- Who's Buried in Superman's Tomb? [Funeral for a Friend, Part 6] [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

Digital Edition

Adult Image

Title Page

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Content Items (5 total)

Funeral for a Friend/6: Who's Buried in Superman's Tomb?

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Supergirl [Matrix]

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: World without a Superman #[nn] published July 1993
as [untitled] [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

Who's Buried in Superman's Tomb? [Funeral for a Friend, Part 6]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Supergirl [Matrix]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Lois Lane; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Dan Turpin; Inspector Bill Henderson; Dubbilex; Paul Westfield; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]; Tommy [Thomas Thompkins]; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Dr. Walter Johnson; Jorge Lopez; Dr. Carl Packard; Lex Luthor (villain); Sydney Happersen (villain); Gretchen Kelley (flashback; villain)

Synopsis: Supergirl and the Metropolis S.C.U. continue to search the tunnels for Superman's coffin. Guardian confronts Director Westfield about stealing Superman's corpse, and agrees to let Cadmus continue its attempts to clone Superman.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: World without a Superman #[nn] published July 1993
as Who's Buried in Superman's Tomb? [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Notes: Story continued from ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #499 and story continues in SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #21.

You May Think It's Not Your Problem... Think Again.

Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Robin [Tim Drake]; Alfred Pennyworth

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Public service announcement to raise AIDS-awareness.

DC Universe [R.I.P. Superman]

In-house Column on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: DC spotlight on the Death of Superman, the Darkstars series and creative team changes on Wonder Woman and Hawkworld.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Letters from readers - Joe Kucharski III, D.A. Burd, J.M. Smith, Jim Jackson, Kevin W. Whitaker, Kent Phenis, Paul N. Hicks and Delmo Walters, Jr. - and responses from Jennifer Frank.