Adventures of Superman #450 [Direct]
(January 1989)

DC, 1987 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 1.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-12-01
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 editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

Invasion Aftermath Extra! Banished! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jerry Ordway
Inks
Jerry Ordway
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprints
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Triple Threat (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Ordway
Pencils
Jerry Ordway
Inks
Dennis Janke
Colors
Glenn Whitmore
Letters
Albert DeGuzman
Job Number
G-4184
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El; also as Gangbuster]; Guardian [Jim Harper]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Jose Delgado; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Matrix [Supergirl]; Professor Emil Hamilton; Dr. Kitty Faulkner [Rampage]; Miss Conway; Lex Luthor (villain); Dr. Sydney Happersen (villain); Morgan Edge (villain); Ugly Mannheim (villain, first post-Crisis appearance); Matt Stockton (villain)
Synopsis
Superman is shocked when he discovers Gangbuster is really himself. Not knowing what is happening to him, he decides to banish himself from Earth.
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Indexer Notes

"Thanks are in order to John Byrne for initiating the storyline Roger Stern and Jerry Ordway have been doing these past months... as well as to Mike Machlan for his part in the creation of Gangbuster. Thanks, guys!"

Invasion crossover. Story continued from SUPERMAN (DC, 1987 series) #27.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Invasion Aftermath recap.

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

Superman the Letter Column II / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Renee Witterstaetter (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
L-3491

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - Glenn Cooper, Irwin Lowe, David Metz, Gene Rogan, Kip Talbott, Robert Harding, The Mad Musician, Jeff Mitchell, David Gross, Charlie Harris, Joe Frank and Geoge Gustines - and responses from Renee Witterstaetter.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Invasion Aftermath Extra! Banished!
    Superman
  2. 1. Triple Threat
    Superman
  3. 2. Daily Planet: Invasion-Aftermath!
    Daily Planet
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Superman the Letter Column II
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