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Issue Details

Issue #687 [DM]
Published June 1993
Cover Price 1.95 USD; 2.50 CAD
Pages 44
Editing Mike Carlin; Jennifer Frank (assistant)
Notes 1993 Triangle #12. This is the direct market edition die-cut cover.

Cover Details - "Reign of the Supermen! The Last Son of Krypton is Back!"

Characters Last Son of Krypton [as Superman]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jackson Guice
Inks Jackson Guice
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Notes 1993 Triangle #12. This is the direct market edition die-cut cover.

22 page Last Son of Krypton story "Born Again [Reign of the Supermen, Part 1]"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El] (corpse; cameo); Last Son of Krypton [as Superman] (first appearance); Lois Lane; Supergirl [Matrix]; Bibbo Bibbowski; Marty; Steve; Lex Luthor (villain); Sydney Happersen (villain); Daryl Wilbur (villain)
Synopsis An energy form from the Fortress of Solitude bonds with Superman's corpse, resulting in the creation of the Last Son of Krypton.
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils Jackson Guice
Inks Denis Rodier
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters Bill Oakley
Notes First appearance of the Last Son of Krypton, who would later be renamed Eradicator. Story continued in SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #22.

2 page Last Son of Krypton illustration "Last Son of Krypton"

Characters Last Son of Krypton [as Superman]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jackson Guice
Inks Denis Rodier
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Notes Poster in middle of comic book.

2 page Re: Action letters page "Re: Action"

Script Jennifer Frank
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Steve Klein, Carl Pietrantonio, James Evans, Brad Parnell, Uncle Elvis, Dead Don Cromie, Jim Jackson and Joe Kucharski III - and responses from Jennifer Frank.

1 page Last Son of Krypton; Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "Cover - Action Comics #688"

Characters Guy Gardner; Last Son of Krypton [as Superman]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Ed Hannigan (layout); Kerry Gammill
Inks Jackson Guice
Editing Mike Carlin; Jennifer Frank (assistant)
Notes This promo is on the inside back cover, is in black and white and is only in the direct edition.

1 page Superman promo (ad from the publisher) "Reign of the Supermen!"

Characters Cyborg Superman [Hank Henshaw]; Steel [John Henry Irons]; Superboy [as Superman]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dan Jurgens; Jon Bogdanove; Tom Grummett
Inks Brett Breeding; Dennis Janke; Doug Hazlewood
Colors Glenn Whitmore; Dennis Janke
Letters typeset
Notes Back cover promotion of the other 3 "Reign of the Supermen!" issues for June 1993, featuring the interior portion of the die-cut direct edition covers for SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #78 [DM], SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #22 [DM] and ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #501 [DM].