Superman #28 [Direct]
(February 1989)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-12-22
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Mike Carlin (editor); Renee Witterstaetter (assistant)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Superman in Space! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Kerry Gammill (signed)
Inks
Dennis Janke (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art is an homage to the cover of Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD (Marvel, 1968 series) #6 (November 1968). Signature includes "after Steranko."

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Superman in Exile (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Roger Stern
Pencils
Kerry Gammill
Inks
Brett Breeding
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
John Costanza
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Perry White; Cat Grant; John; Matt Stockton (dies); Amanda McCoy; Mrs. Turk; Lex Luthor (villain); Brainiac [Milton Fine; Vril Dox] (villain); Morgan Edge (villain); Dr. Gretchen Kelley (villain); Intergang (villains); Gillespie (villain)
Synopsis
Superman exiles himself in space, unsure of how deeply Brainiac has affected his mind.
Reprints

Daily Planet: Invasion-Aftermath! (Table of Contents: 2)

Daily Planet / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Invasion Aftermath recap.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman the Letter Column / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-3525

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Mark Balbes, Charles D. Brown, Ryan McKeon and Ray Buffer, Jr.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Superman in Space!
    Superman
  2. 1. Superman in Exile
    Superman
  3. 2. Daily Planet: Invasion-Aftermath!
    Daily Planet
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Superman the Letter Column
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