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Issue Details

Issue #685
Published January 1993
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Carlin; Jennifer Frank (assistant)
Notes 1993 Triangle #4. 2nd and 3rd printings exist. Cover is an homage to the cover of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 by Joe Shuster. "Special thanks to Tom Grummett & Doug Hazlewood."

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

Characters Supergirl [Matrix]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jackson Guice (signed)
Inks Jackson Guice (signed)
Notes 1993 Triangle #4. 2nd and 3rd printings exist. Cover is an homage to the cover of Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #1 by Joe Shuster. "Special thanks to Tom Grummett & Doug Hazlewood."

22 page Superman story "Re-Actions [Funeral for a Friend, Part 2]"

Characters 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.
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils Jackson Guice
Inks Denis Rodier
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters Bill Oakley
Notes Story continued from ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #498 and story continues in SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #20.

1 page Blue Beetle; Booster Gold; Fire public service announcement "You May Think It's Not Your Problem... Think Again."

Characters Blue Beetle [Ted Kord]; Booster Gold [Michael Jon Carter]; Fire [Beatriz DaCosta]
Genre Superhero
Notes Public service announcement for AIDS.

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

Script Jennifer Frank
Letters typeset
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.