Action Comics the title back onto a monthly schedule. Writer/artist George Pérez took over the title and was joined by scripter Roger Stern the following month. As writer of the series, Stern contributed to such storylines as "Panic in the Sky" and "The Death of Superman". He created the Eradicator in "Action Comics Annual" #2 and later incorporated the character into the "Reign of the Supermen" story arc beginning in "The Adventures of Superman" #500. The Eradicator then took over "Action Comics" as "the Last Son of Krypton" in issue #687 (June 1993). Stern wrote the 1991 story wherein Clark Kent finally
Action Comics Jordan and Clark Kent as old friends who knew each other's secret identities. This was not considered canon in 1989 and Gaiman was unwilling to change this aspect of the story. As each serial in "ACW" was edited by different editors, continuity was not being maintained by DC editorial). The story was pulled and a different story, written by Elliot S. Maggin, was run. Gaiman's story was finally published as a one-shot in "" in November 2000. The "Action Comics Weekly" experiment lasted only until the beginning of March 1989 and after a short break, issue #643 (July 1989) brought