My Introduction to Comic Collecting
Action Comics 692

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Action Comics #692 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 0153228012
Owner: Brandon Shepherd

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: My Introduction to Comic Collecting
Date Added: 9/18/2008
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

"And Who, Disguised as Clark Kent?"
October, 1993

Roger Stern & Karl Kesel story
Jackson Guice & Denis Rodier art
Kerry Gammill & Jackson Guice cover

Doctor Occult appearance.

This was my favorite cover as a kid, I even copied it in my sketch book (I gave him shorter hair in the back). This issue serves as a climax to the whole 'Death and Return of Superman' saga. The return of Clark Kent is celebrated on this cover with a nostalgic take on the classic change of clothes to fight the never ending battle for truth, justice and the American way!

Supernatural detective Doctor Occult (also created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster) appears to help Superman understand the events surrounding his deadly encounter with Doomsday, his experience in the afterlife and resurrection.

This issue is the last in the series where the "direct" edition features art work or a logo instead of UPC code in the white box that newsstand editions show. Every direct edition from now on reads "Direct Sales" next to a UPC code.

Won on eBay: 9/13/2008 - $21.50

Grade Date: 08/25/2008

Reprinted (partially) in The Return of Superman (1993) and (completely) in Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Omnibus (2013).
  
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