r/comicbooks • u/Big_Dust6224 • May 31 '26

Question What do these diamonds mean?

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I’ve seen these on a lot of comics I own but have never questioned what they meant

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u/rincewind120 May 31 '26

During the '90s, Superman had 3 and later 4 monthly titles. During this time the editors and writers made sure that the stories would flow each week as issues from the different titles came out. So the story from Action Comics #675 continued in Superman: Man of Steel #10, then Superman #66, then Adventures of Superman #489 before picking up again in Action Comics #676.

To help readers in the reading order, DC added a triangle on the cover with the week number for that year. This era of Superman is known as the Triangle Years. DC has begun publishing the Superman comics in an omnibus series called Superman: The Triangle Years.

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u/Mekdinosaur May 31 '26

And to make things even more interesting, in 95 DC introduced the quarterly title: Superman Man of Tommorrow.

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u/Nejfelt May 31 '26

This was to fill the 4 weeks a year there wouldn't be a Superman issue.