Comic Title: Action Comics #600
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1988
On Sale Date: February 2, 1988 Shipping Date February 2, 1988
Source: DC Releases, #48

Shipping Date February 2, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #135

Copyright Date February 2, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Newsstand Date February 25, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #135

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $2.50
Page Count: 80
Editor: Mike Carlin

Title: "The Dark Where Madness Lies"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: John L. Byrne
Artist: Mike Mignola
Letterer: Bill Oakley
Colorist: Petra Scotese (Goldberg)

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 8 TPB (2014)
DC Universe by Mike Mignola HC (2017)
DC Universe by Mike Mignola TPB (2018)
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 4 HC (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #600; next appearance in Superman #18)

Guest Star(s)

• Man-Bat (first post-Crisis appearance; last appearance in Secret Origins #39; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Hawkman (last appearance in Millennium #8; next appearance in Superman #18)

Comments:
This story is continued from the fourth story of Action Comics #600.

Synopsis:
Man-Bat enters the caverns outside Millersburg where he discovers a feverish Superman instead of his bat friends. Suffering from Kryptonite poisoning, the Man of Steel is delusional and begins to attack Man-Bat fearing that he is a monster. Langstrom tries to communicate with Superman, but his efforts fail. A fight ensues inside the caverns. Superman gets the upper hand and is about to strike Man-Bat with a stalactite, when his fever breaks. He recognizes Langstrom and halts the attack. Man-Bat then brings Superman to Hawkman for help.