Comic Title: Action Comics #643
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1989
On Sale Date: June 6, 1989 Shipping Date June 8, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #166

Shipping Date June 6, 1989
Source: Previews, #3

Shipping Date June 8, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #5

Direct Market Date June 8, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #102

Copyright Date June 6, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

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

Title: "Superman on Earth"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer/Penciller: George Perez
Inker: Brett Breeding
Letterer: Bill Oakley
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

Reprinted In:
Superman:Exile TPB (1998)
Superman:The Exile & Other Stories Omnibus HC (2018)
Adventures of Superman:George Perez HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #456; next appearance in Superman #34)

Supporting Character(s)

• Perry White (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #456; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #457)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman #33; next appearance in Superman #34)
• Catherine Grant (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #456; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #457)
• Matrix (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #456; next appearance in Superman #34)
• Lois Lane (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #456; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #457)
• Gangbuster (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #456; next appearance in Action Comics #645)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #456; next appearance in Superman #35)
• Turmoil (destroyed in this story; last appearance in Adventures of Superman #456; no further appearances)
• Morgan Edge (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #456; next appearance in Superman #35)
• Darkseid (last appearance in New Gods #5; next appearance in Doctor Fate #9)
• DeSaad (revealed to have been impersonating Darkseid; last appearance in Adventures of Superman #456; next appearance in New Gods #6)
• Eradicator (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #456; next appearance in Superman #34)

Other Character(s)

• Eldon (the Daily Planet helicopter pilot; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Adventures of Superman #456 and continues in part in Superman #34.

Synopsis:
Superman returns to Earth.

His first stop is the Daily Planet where he is reunited with Perry and Jimmy. He next stops at his apartment to drop off the Eradicator which he has brought with him back to Earth. Next he receives a call from Jimmy alerting him to the attack by Turmoil which has left Lois Lane and Jose Delgado injured. Superman destroys Turmoil, then confronts its master Morgan Edge. Edge has a heart attack and is taken to the hospital. Eventually Superman resumes his Clark Kent identity and returns once more to his apartment where he discovers Matrix disguised as Clark. Matrix has been rendered unconscious by an explosion caused by the Eradicator.

On Apokolips, DeSaad, who had been impersonating Darkseid, is forced to abandon his role as the man behind Intergang.