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Issue: Action Comics #685

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Publication Date: January 1993

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Issues: #685 of 866 Issues (1392 Printings)

Title:

Variant: 1st Printing

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics

On Sale Date: 12/03/1992

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: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: 1993 Triangle #4.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock:

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

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Variants4

Action Comics #685 [1st Printing]

Action Comics #685 [2nd Printing]

Action Comics #685 [3rd Printing]

Action Comics #685 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In3

2 Content Items
- Funeral for a Friend/2: The All-New Metropolis Marvel! [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- Re-Actions [Funeral for a Friend, Part 2] [Story on Interior Page(s)]2

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (4 total)

Funeral for a Friend/2: The All-New Metropolis Marvel!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

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: Cover is an homage to the cover of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1

Re-Actions [Funeral for a Friend, Part 2]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (camera footage); Supergirl [Matrix]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Allie; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Scott Harris; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Dan Turpin; Paul Westfield; Team Luthor; Mayor Frank Berkowitz; Bibbo Bibbowski; Clovis; Diasy; Doctor Jorge Sanchez (first appearance); High-Pockets; Lamarr; Lex Luthor (villain); Doomsday (camera footage; villain); Toyman [Winslow Schott] (villain; cameo); Parasite [Rudy Jones] (villain; cameo); Danny (villain); George (villain)

Synopsis: Paul Westfield attempts to confiscate Superman and Doomsday's bodies on behalf of Cadmus, but the Metropolis S.C.U. and Lex Luthor won't let that happen. The world continues to mourn Superman's death.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Superman: World without a Superman #[nn] published July 1993
as Re-Actions [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Batman & Superman #9 published November 1994
as Re:Actions [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 22

Job Number: G-7583

Notes: Story continues from ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #498 and story continues in SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #20.

"Special thanks to Tom Grummett & Doug Hazlewood."

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

Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Justice League America

Character(s): Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Booster Gold [Michael Jon Carter]; Fire [Beatriz DaCosta]

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Letters from readers - Robert John Williams, Lisa Briggs, Ed & Cassie Catto, Simon DelMonte, Mark Lucas, James Evans and Jim Jackson - and responses from Jennifer Frank.