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Issue Details

Issue #686
Published February 1993
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Carlin; Jennifer Frank (assistant)
Notes 1993 Triangle #8.

Cover Details - "Funeral for a Friend/6: Who's Buried in Superman's Tomb?"

Characters Supergirl [Matrix]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jackson Guice (signed)
Inks Jackson Guice (signed)
Colors Denis Rodier
Notes 1993 Triangle #8.

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

Characters 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.
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) #499 and story continues in SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #21.

1 page Robin public service announcement "You May Think It's Not Your Problem..."

Characters Robin [Tim Drake]; Alfred Pennyworth
Genre Superhero
Notes Public service announcement to raise "AIDS" awareness.

1 page DC Universe promo (ad from the publisher) "DC Universe [R.I.P. Superman]"

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

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

Script Jennifer Frank
Letters typeset
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.