Dates
- Cover date
- October 1988
- On sale
- July 23, 1988
- In stores
- June 30, 1988
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #445 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098931140410
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Publisher’s description
This is the first appearance of the modern day Brainiac. As Milton Fines body is rejecting Brainiac, he looks for a replacement. He decides to take over Superman using both Jimmy Olsen and Cat Grant as bait.
Reprinted in
Lois and Clark, The New Adventures of Superman (1994), Superman: The Exile and Other Stories Omnibus (2018)