ACTION COMICS #689

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ACTION COMICS #689
Volume 1 · 1938-2011, 2016-Current
Published
July 1993
Cover price
$1.50 USD
Edition
DIRECT EDITION
Era
Modern
UPC
CLARKKENT1115 Contact
Key issue
No

Creators

Writer
Roger Stern
Penciler
Jackson Guice 'Butch'
Inker
Denis Rodier
Letterer
Bill Oakley
Cover artist
Ed Hannigan, Jackson Guice 'Butch', Kerry Gammill
Editor
Jennifer Frank, Michael Carlin 'Mike'

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Synopsis

Who Is The Hero True? As Superboy and Supergirl come to the rescue of people and vehicles on the just-destroyed Hobsneck Bridge, the Regeneration Matrix inside the Fortress of Solitude overloads and breaks open to reveal a figure in Kryptonian garb resembling Superman. He is taken to a bank of monitors where he sees the four Supermen in action and decides that he must get to Metropolis as soon as possible. Lex Luthor II snarls in anger as he realizes that Superboy had signed on with a different promoter, Rex Leech. A just-recovered Jonathan Kent is itching to reveal to the world that the four Supermen aren't the real Superman. The Last Son of Krypton confronts the Man of Steel in a destructive brawl that Lois Lane bravely intercedes, telling them that they are dishonoring the symbol they're carrying. As a process server tries to get the two Supermen to cease and desist using the Superman name as it has been trademarked by Rex Leech, the Last Son of Krypton burns his papers and sends him running. The Man of Steel carries the Last Son of Krypton away in order to reason with him, but the Kryptonian only brings the fight to another city: Coast City.