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Issue: Adventures of Superman #454
Publication Date: May 1989
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Issues: #454 of 230 Issues (499 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/30/1989
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mike Carlin
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Hostile Takeover!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jerry Ordway [as Mongo Jerry] (signed)
Inker(s): Jerry Ordway [as Mongo Jerry] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Lex Luthor
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Exile #[nn] published August 1998
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Wayfarer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Ordway
Penciller(s): Jerry Ordway
Inker(s): Jerry Ordway
Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore
Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #3 published January 1990
as Kapitel drei: Wanderer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #2/1991 published March 1991
as Danser musene på bordet! [Story on Interior Page(s)]8 pages
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Exile #[nn] published August 1998
as Wayfarer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: G-4668
Disclose Notes: Story continues in ACTION COMICS ANNUAL (DC, 1987 series) #2.
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Hostile Takeover, Part IV: Looking for a White Knight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roger Stern
Penciller(s): Dan Jurgens
Inker(s): Dennis Janke
Colorist(s): Glenn Whitmore
Letterer(s): Albert DeGuzman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lex Luthor
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: G-4688
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Carlin
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman the Letter Column II
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-3641
Disclose 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.

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