"Lies & Revelations"

Part of the Reign of the Supermen! event

Action Comics Vol 1 #690
August, 1993

Executive Editor

Dick Giordano

Cover Artists

Jackson Guice

Writers

Roger Stern

Pencilers

Jackson Guice

Inkers

Denis Rodier

Colourists

Glenn Whitmore

Letterers

Bill Oakley

Editors

Mike Carlin, Frank Pittarese

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Appearing in "Lies & Revelations"

Featured Characters:

•  Kal-El 

Supporting Characters:

• Metropolis Special Crimes Unit

• Dan Turpin
• Maggie Sawyer

• Last Son of Krypton
• Lois Lane
• Justice League Task Force

• Captain Marvel
• Doctor Fate
•  Green Lantern 
• Guy Gardner
• Jade
•  Martian Manhunter 
• Maxima
• Power Girl
• The Ray
• Wonder Woman

• Man of Steel (John Henry Irons)

Villains:

• Cyborg (Hank Henshaw)
•  Mongul 

Other Characters:

• The Super-Cultists
• Tom Jenson

Locations:

• Metropolis

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Lies & Revelations"

In Metropolis, Maggie Sawyer, Dan Turpin, and the SCU stop a brawl going on between two feuding factions of Superman worshipers at his memorial statue. Superboy wakes up to find himself heavily bound and a prisoner of Cyborg Superman and Mongul inside what is now called Engine City. Cyborg Superman deceives the Justice League Task Force into traveling into space to track down the "rogue Superman" responsible for Coast City's destruction. Lois Lane and Maggie Sawyer discover that something has siphoned off part of the memorial statue's mass. Mongul secretly transmits to Superboy in his prison Cyborg Superman's plan to turn Metropolis into another Engine City. In Superman's Fortress of Solitude, the heavily injured Last Son of Krypton is placed in a special healing chamber where he is forced to come to terms in knowing that he is actually the Eradicator who has deluded himself into thinking he is Superman. At the bottom of the sea, a Kryptonian battlesuit traverses the deep, its passenger heading for Metropolis.

Notes

This issue is reprinted in the The Return of Superman trade paperback.

Trivia

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Recommended Reading

The Death and Return of Superman The events from this issue or series are related to The Death and Return of Superman, a retroactively named trilogy in which Superman is killed by the monster Doomsday, and then later brought back to life. Meanwhile, four superheroes debut in Metropolis to take his place, The Eradicator, Steel, Cyborg Superman, and Superboy. This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the Death and Return of Superman Crossovers category. The Death of Superman Superman: Man of Steel #18 • Justice League America #69 • Superman (Volume 2) #74 • Adventures of Superman #497 • Action Comics #684 • Superman: Man of Steel #19 • Superman (Volume 2) #75 Funeral for a Friend Justice League America #70 • Adventures of Superman #498 • Action Comics #685 • Superman: Man of Steel #20 • Superman (Volume 2) #76 • Adventures of Superman #499 • Action Comics #686 • Superman: Man of Steel #21 • Superman (Volume 2) #77 • Adventures of Superman #500 • Superman (Volume 2) #83 Reign of the Supermen! Action Comics #687 • Superman: Man of Steel #22 • Superman (Volume 2) #78 • Adventures of Superman #501 • Action Comics #688 • Superman: Man of Steel #23 • Superman (Volume 2) #79 • Adventures of Superman #502 • Action Comics #689 • Superman: Man of Steel #24 • Superman (Volume 2) #80 • Adventures of Superman #503 • Action Comics #690 • Superman: Man of Steel #25 • Superman (Volume 2) #81 • Adventures of Superman #504 • Action Comics #691 • Superman: Man of Steel #26 • Green Lantern (Volume 3) #46 • Superman (Volume 2) #82 • Adventures of Superman #505 Links and References No external links. Previous Adventures of Superman #503 Superman 1993 Navigation Next Superman: The Man of Steel #25