"Reign of the Supermen!" was a multi-part story arc published in alternating Superman titles from June-October of 1993. The story followed events that first took place during the "Death of Superman" storyline, as well as the follow-up story arc "Funeral for a Friend".
History
The story arc is significant for not only resurrecting the DC Universe's most famous super-hero, but also because it chronicled the destruction of Coast City at the hands of Mongul and the Cyborg Superman. While this event is only tangentially tied to the Superman mythos, its reverberations had lasting effects which culiminated in the three-part Green Lantern story arc "Emerald Twilight".
In addition, "Reign of the Supermen!" introduced two long-standing super-hero characters, John Henry Irons, who would adapt the codename Steel, and a new Superboy, who was in fact a partial clone of both Superman and Lex Luthor. Both of these characters would go on to star in their own ongoing titles.
Issues
- Action Comics #687
- Superman: The Man of Steel #22
- Superman (Volume 2) #78
- Adventures of Superman #501
- Action Comics #688
- Superman: The Man of Steel #23
- Superman (Volume 2) #79
- Adventures of Superman #502
- Action Comics #689
- Superman: The Man of Steel #24
- Superman (Volume 2) #80
- Adventures of Superman #503
- Action Comics #690
- Superman: The Man of Steel #25
- Superman (Volume 2) #81
- Adventures of Superman #504
- Action Comics #691
- Superman: The Man of Steel #26
- Green Lantern (Volume 3) #46
- Superman (Volume 2) #82
- Adventures of Superman #505
Trivia
- 52 Week Thirty-Five featured a story titled "Rain of the Supermen". The title was a literal description of the events that transpired in that issue as dozens of neophyte super-heroes from Lex Luthor's Everyman Project fell from the sky to their deaths after their powers disappeared. The events from that issue have nothing to do with the original "Reign of the Supermen!" story arc, however.
- The event is loosely named after the original first appearance of Superman "Reign of the Super-Man".
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