Dates
- Cover date
- [June] 1989
- On sale
- April 13, 1989
- In stores
- April 13, 1989
- Pages
- 68
Values
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #2 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07098931243295
This edition’s page
Story arc: Superman: Exile
This is part 8 of 13. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
Creators
Stories
- Memories of Krypton's Past · 48 pages
Superman fights and defeats Mongul's gladiators. The Cleric has an artifact from Krypton that he has been holding until the right person comes along.
- How I Spent My Super-Summer Vacation · 2 pages
George Perez discusses how he became the writer of Action Comics.
Publisher’s description
Superman, still captured by slavers (see Adventures of Superman 454) is sold as a gladiator to Warworld for the amusement of it's peoples and leader, Mongul. A cellkeeper learns that he is Kryptonian and delivers the news to the Cleric, a prisoner on one of the asteroids orbitting Warworld (the so-called "Pariah Penitentiary"). The Cleric refuses to believe that any Kryptonian could still be alive and tells the cellkeeper of his time on ancient Krypton, during the 5th historical epoch. Meanwhile, Superman is forced to fight in the gladatorial games against many foes, refusing to kill any of them. Mongul decides to have Superman fight his prized champion, Draaga. As Draaga is about to defeat Superman, the Cleric merges minds with Superman and they share each...
Characters
Reprinted in
Superman: Exile (1998), Superman: The Secrets of the Fortress of Solitude (2012), The DC Universe by Mike Mignola (2017), Superman: The Exile and Other Stories Omnibus (2018), The DC Universe by Mike Mignola (2018), Adventures of Superman: George Pérez (2020)