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Cover: Tom Grummett & Doug Hazlewood

Adventures of Superman #498

Jan 1993 · DC · 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.60 GBP
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“Death of a Legend [Funeral for a Friend, Part 1]”

The stark, inverted image on this January 1993 cover says everything without saying a word — Superman's lifeless form lies face-down amid shattered concrete, surrounded by scattered newspapers bearing headlines about the Doomsday massacre, rendered in haunting black and white. The tagline "World Without a Superman!" anchors the lower corner, and the story arc banner "Funeral for a Friend/1" signals this is only the beginning of DC's extended farewell to the Man of Steel. Tom Grummett and Doug Hazlewood deliver a cover that is quiet, somber, and genuinely affecting — a fitting opening chapter to one of 1993's most emotionally resonant Superman storylines.

writer Jerry Ordway · artist Tom Grummett · inker Doug Hazlewood · colorist Glenn Whitmore · letterer Albert DeGuzman · cover Tom Grummett, Doug Hazlewood

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Full credits

writer Jerry Ordway
artist Tom Grummett
inker Doug Hazlewood
colorist Glenn Whitmore
letterer Albert DeGuzman
cover pencils Tom Grummett
cover inks Doug Hazlewood

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Guardian, Professor Emil Hamilton and others try to bring Superman back to life.

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