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Issue Details

Issue #453
Published April 1989
Cover Price 0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Mike Carlin; Renee Witterstaetter (assistant)

Cover Details - "Phantoms of the Past!"

Characters Superman; General Zod; Quex-Ul; Zaora; Lex Luthor
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jerry Ordway [signed as Mungojerry]
Inks Jerry Ordway [signed as Mungojerry]

14 page Superman story "Apparitions"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Matrix [Supergirl]; Professor Emil Hamilton; Jose Delgado; Kitty Faulkner [Rampage]; VILLAINS: General Zod (hallucination); Quex-Ul (hallucination); Zaora (hallucination); Lex Luthor (hallucination); Brainiac [Milton Fine; Vril Dox] (hallucination)
Synopsis Superman has hallucinations when his oxygen runs out in space.
Genre Superhero
Script Jerry Ordway
Pencils Jerry Ordway
Inks Jerry Ordway
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters Albert DeGuzman

8 page Lex Luthor story "Hostile Takeover, Part II: Insider Rumors"

Characters Perry White; Professor Emil Hamilton; Kitty Faulkner; Agnes; Mr. Durwood; VILLAINS: Lex Luthor; Morgan Edge
Synopsis Lex Luthor sets his sights on S.T.A.R. Labs.
Genre Superhero
Script Roger Stern
Pencils Dan Jurgens
Inks Dennis Janke
Colors Glenn Whitmore
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Notes Jerry Ordway (insider)

2 page Superman the Letter Column II letters page "Superman the Letter Column II"

Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Rick Reeves, Brian Catalino, Nik Morton, Barbara Staton, Charles D. Brown, Malcolm Bourne, Gary Nelson and Roger D. Case.