Issue Details

Issue	#453
Published	April 1989
Cover Price	0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Mike Carlin; Renee Witterstaetter (assistant)

Cover Details - "Phantoms of the Past!"

Characters	Superman; General Zod; Quex-Ul; Zaora; Lex Luthor
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Jerry Ordway [signed as Mungojerry]
Inks	Jerry Ordway [signed as Mungojerry]

14 page Superman story "Apparitions"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Matrix [Supergirl]; Professor Emil Hamilton; Jose Delgado; Kitty Faulkner [Rampage]; VILLAINS: General Zod (hallucination); Quex-Ul (hallucination); Zaora (hallucination); Lex Luthor (hallucination); Brainiac [Milton Fine; Vril Dox] (hallucination)
Synopsis	Superman has hallucinations when his oxygen runs out in space.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Jerry Ordway
Pencils	Jerry Ordway
Inks	Jerry Ordway
Colors	Glenn Whitmore
Letters	Albert DeGuzman

8 page Lex Luthor story "Hostile Takeover, Part II: Insider Rumors"

Characters	Perry White; Professor Emil Hamilton; Kitty Faulkner; Agnes; Mr. Durwood; VILLAINS: Lex Luthor; Morgan Edge
Synopsis	Lex Luthor sets his sights on S.T.A.R. Labs.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Roger Stern
Pencils	Dan Jurgens
Inks	Dennis Janke
Colors	Glenn Whitmore
Letters	Albert DeGuzman
Notes	Jerry Ordway (insider)

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

Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters from readers - Rick Reeves, Brian Catalino, Nik Morton, Barbara Staton, Charles D. Brown, Malcolm Bourne, Gary Nelson and Roger D. Case.