Comic Title: Action Comics #593
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1987
On Sale Date: July 28, 1987 Newsstand Date July 28, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Newsstand Date July 28, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #121

Shipping Date July 7, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Shipping Date July 7, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #121

Shipping Date July 7, 1987
Source: Focus, #1, Page BC

Shipping Date July 7, 1987
Source: Capital City Distributors, Orderpack June 1987

Copyright Date July 7, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date July 7, 1987
Source: Comic Shop News, #1

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Carlin

Title: "The Suicide Snare"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)
Mister Miracle (Post-Crisis)

Writer/Artist: John L. Byrne
Inker: Keith Williams
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 5 TPB (2007)
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 2 HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #592; next appearance in Action Comics Annual #1)
• Mister Miracle (last appearance in Doctor Fate #3; next appearance in Booster Gold #22)

Supporting Character(s)

• Big Barda (last appearance in Action Comics #592; next appearance in Justice League International #14)
• Oberon (last appearance in Justice League International #7; next appearance in Justice League International #8)

Villain(s)

• Darkseid (last appearance in Warlord Annual #6; next appearance in Millennium #8)
• Sleez (aka Smith; last appearance in Action Comics #592; next appearance in Superman Annual #2)
• Sleez's minions (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Doctor Kincaid (last appearance in Action Comics #592; no further appearances)
• Grossman (an adult film producer; no further appearances)
• The patients of Dr. Kincaid (last appearance in Action Comics #592; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Granny Goodness (in flashback to Mister Miracle's origin)
• Himon (in flashback to Mister Miracle's origin)
• Thaddeus Brown (in flashback to Mister Miracle's origin)

Comments:
This story is continued from Action Comics #592.

Synopsis:
Mr. Miracle returns home and finds Darkseid waiting for him. The ruler of Apokolips gives Scott a videotape made in Suicide Slum that shows his wife performing lude acts. Mr. Miracle goes after her and is attacked by Sleez's minions. He escapes and finds Barda and Superman performing for an adult film. Scott's arrival snaps them out of the trance placed upon them by Sleez. While Barda handles an ash-crawler, Superman pursues Sleez into the sewers where the villain appears to kill himself in a gas main explosion.