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Issue Details

Issue #454
Published May 1989
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Carlin

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Lex Luthor
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jerry Ordway [signed as Mongo Jerry]
Inks Jerry Ordway [signed as Mongo Jerry]

14 page Superman story "Wayfarer"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Matrix [as Clark Kent; Supergirl]; Cat Grant; Adam Morgan; Captain Maggie Sawyer; Dan Turpin; Bibbo Bibbowski; Amanda McCoy; Feliaeus (first appearance); Terrapin (first appearance); Draaga (first appearance); VILLAIN: Mongul (first post-Crisis appearance)
Synopsis Superman has been rescued, but finds himself aboard Warworld, fighting for his life.
Genre Superhero
Script Jerry Ordway
Pencils Jerry Ordway
Inks Jerry Ordway
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Notes Story continued in ACTION COMICS ANNUAL (DC, 1987 series) #2.

8 page Lex Luthor story "Hostile Takeover, Part IV: Looking for a White Knight"

Characters Caroline Abernathy; Alton Stuart; Mr. Durwood; Miss Conway; VILLAINS: Lex Luthor; Morgan Edge; George Eagleton; Mr. Simmons
Synopsis Lex doesn't end up with S.T.A.R. Labs, but he does get what he wanted in the first place.
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils Dan Jurgens
Inks Dennis Janke
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters Albert DeGuzman

2 page Superman the Letter Column II letters page "Superman the Letter Column II"

Script Mike Carlin
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Howard T. Kidd, Derrick M. Wildestar, Bob Felber, Anthony King, Uncle Elvis, Derek Bruff, Charlie Harris and Michael T. Miller - and responses from Mike Carlin.