Action Comics #700
| Writer | Roger Stern |
| Artist | Butch Guice, Curt Swan |
"Fall of Metropolis" part 1! Can Superman, Supergirl, and Superboy save Metropolis? Meanwhile, wedding bells can be heard in Smallville as Pete Ross marries Lana Lang! Continued in SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (1991-2003) #35!
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These days if a comic makes it to #700 it's following volume 6, #43 and though it resumes its original numbering for that landmark, the next issue is volume 7, #1. Sadly, publishers nowadays put more into starting over at #1 than a rare landmark number. But this issue was from a time when the thought of a decades-long running title like Action Comics starting over at #1 was still laughable. Being the first American comic since Dell Four color to reach its 700th issue, this was a big accomplishment at the time. And Roger Stern provided a great setting. A showdown with Lex Luthor, who'd been assumed dead a long time and posed as his own heir for years, fooling even Superman. And back in Smallville, the Kents host the wedding of Clark's best more
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