Dates
- Cover date
- April 1989
- On sale
- March 2, 1989
- In stores
- March 2, 1989
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #453 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 07098931140404
This edition’s page
Story arc: Superman: Exile
This is part 6 of 13. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
Creators
pencils: Jerry Ordway, Dan Jurgens, Brett Ewins, George Pérez, Chris Wozniakinks: Jerry Ordway, Dennis Janke, Brett Ewins, Malcolm Jones III, George Pérezscript: Jerry Ordway, Roger Stern, Mike Carlincolors: Glenn Whitmoreletters: Albert DeGuzman
Stories
- Apparitions · 14 pages
Superman has hallucinations when his oxygen runs out in space.
- Hostile Takeover -- Part II: Insider Rumors · 8 pages
Lex Luthor sets his sights on S.T.A.R. Labs.
Publisher’s description
Lost in the void of space, Superman wrestles with his tormented conscience and hallucinations. Continued in Superman #31.
Characters
Clark KentSupermanLex LuthorPerry WhiteJonathan KentMartha KentMatrixVril DoxMorgan EdgeProfessor Emil HamiltonGeneral ZodJose DelgadoBrainiacMilton Moses FineKitty FaulknerQuex-UlZaora
Reprinted in
Superman: The Exile and Other Stories Omnibus (2018), Superman: Exile (1998)