Issue Details

Issue	#449
Published	[December] 1988
Cover Price	0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Mike Carlin; Renee Witterstaetter (assistant)

Cover Details - "Invasion First Strike! Extra!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Guardian [Jim Harper]
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Jerry Ordway
Inks	Jerry Ordway

22 page Superman story "The Search"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El; also as Gangbuster]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Newsboy Legion [Big Words; Tommy; Gabby; Scrapper; Flip]; Dubbilex; Captain Atom [Nathaniel Adam]; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Lois Lane; Bibbo Bibbowski; Amanda Waller; General Wade Eiling; Firestorm (cameo); Green Lantern [Hal Jordan] (cameo); Flash [Wally West] (cameo); VILLAINS: The Dominion; The Citadel (as the Alien Alliance); Amanda McCoy; Matt Stockton
Synopsis	Gangbuster versus the Guardian... Round 1.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Jerry Ordway
Pencils	Jerry Ordway
Inks	Dennis Janke
Colors	Petra Scotese
Letters	Albert DeGuzman
Notes	Invasion crossover. Story continued from SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #26. Story continues in INVASION (DC, 1989 series) #2.

1 page Daily Planet promo (ad from the publisher) "Daily Planet: Invasion First Strike!"

Notes

Invasion First Strike! recap.

2 page The Adventures of Superman letters page "The Adventures of Superman"

Script	Renee Witterstaetter
Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters from readers - Howard T. Kidd, Aaron Jones, Bob Felber, Steve Bedard, Lisa Diamond, Mark Haden Frazer, Jeff Giddens II, Kip Talbott, Donald MacPherson and Jacob Gilbert - and responses from Renee Witterstaetter.