Superman: Exile February 1989 — July 1989 Writers Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, George Pérez, Roger Stern Artists Kerry Gammill, Dan Jurgens, Mike Mignola, Jerry Ordway, George Perez, Curt Swan Comic Book Story Arcs ← previous

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Superman: Exile is the title of a 1989 comic book story published over several Superman titles.

Official description: Compelled by remorse and guilt over his greatest personal failure, Superman, Earth's greatest hero, sees no alternative but to leave his adopted home forever. Now, in the vastness of space, the Man of Steel is about to learn the true meaning of the word... alone.

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Superman #28

Date: February 1989

Written by Roger Stern

Pencils: Kerry Gammill

Inks: Brett Breeding

Colors: Glenn Whitmore

Cover by Kerry Gammill

Superman, now exiled in space, reflects back on his life on Earth.



Adventures of Superman #451

Date: February 1989

Written by Jerry Ordway

Pencils: Jerry Ordway

Inks: Jerry Ordway

Colors: Glenn Whitmore

Cover by Jerry Ordway

Metropolis believes Clark Kent is dead, so Lex Luthor begins a plan to get back at Intergang for his murder. He also sends Jose Delgado after Emil Hamilton in order to re-employ him. Meanwhile, Superman struggles with a strange space-organism.



Superman #29

Date: March 1989

Written by Dan Jurgens

Pencils: Dan Jurgens

Inks: Brett Breeding

Colors: Glenn Whitmore

Cover by Kerry Gammill

Superman rescues an alien space ship fleeing its home planet, then investigates the planet to find it totally lifeless due to the Word-Bringer. Meanwhile, Lois Lane investigates another location which has been victimized by the Word-Bringer, Trudeau, South Dakota.



Adventures of Superman #452

Date: March 1989

Written by Dan Jurgens

Pencils: Dan Jurgens

Inks: Dennis Janke

Colors: Glenn Whitmore

Cover by Jerry Ordway

Superman meets Hfuhruhurr the Word Bringer.



Superman #30

Date: April 1989

Written by Roger Stern

Pencils: Kerry Gammill, Dan Jurgens

Inks: Dennis Janke

Colors: Glenn Whitmore

Cover by Kerry Gammill

Superman builds a home and farms on a planet resembling his native Kansas, only to have it destroyed by a flood and a tornado.

Lex Luthor is bored by the absense of his mortal enemy, Superman, and decides to take over STAR Labs.



Adventures of Superman #453

Date: April 1989

Written by Jerry Ordway, Roger Stern

Pencils: Jerry Ordway, Dan Jurgens

Inks: Jerry Ordway, Dennis Janke

Colors: Glenn Whitmore

Cover by Jerry Ordway

Superman finds himself losing oxygen and fighting illusions of the Phantom Zone villains from the Pocket Universe that he himself thought had killed through execution.

Lex Luthor continues his attempted takeover of S.T.A.R. Labs.



Adventures of Superman #454

Date: May 1989

Written by Jerry Ordway, Roger Stern

Pencils: Jerry Ordway, Dan Jurgens

Inks: Jerry Ordway, Dennis Janke

Colors: Glenn Whitmore

Cover by Jerry Ordway





Action Comics Annual #2

Date: May 1989

Written by Jerry Ordway, George Pérez, Roger Stern

Pencils: Jerry Ordway, Mike Mignola, Curt Swan

Inks: John Statema, George Pérez, Brett Breeding

Colors: Glenn Whitmore

Cover by George Pérez

Superman has to fight various warriors on Mongul's Warworld, while a cleric who once preached on Krypton mindlinks with him and teaches him of Krypton's past.



Superman #32

Date: June 1989

Written by Roger Stern

Pencils: Kerry Gammill

Inks: Dennis Janke

Colors: Glenn Whitmore

Cover by Kerry Gammill

Superman and Mongul battle on Warworld. Before a final victory can be decided, Superman is zapped off of Warworld by the Cleric.



Adventures of Superman #455

Date: June 1989

Written by Jerry Ordway

Pencils: Dan Jurgens

Inks: Art Thibert

Colors: Glenn Whitmore

Cover by Jerry Ordway

There is a revolt on Warworld, Superman learns about the Exterminator, and Matrix continues to masquerade as Clark Kent.



Superman #33

Date: July 1989

Written by Roger Stern

Pencils: Kerry Gammill

Inks: Dennis Janke

Colors: Glenn Whitmore

Cover by Kerry Gammill

Superman and the Cleric experiment with the Eradicator, and from it he learns to come to grips with the guilt he had been feeling since he executed the Phantom Zone villains in the Pocket Universe, choosing to end his exile in space and return home.



Adventures of Superman #456

Date: July 1989

Written by Jerry Ordway

Pencils: Dan Jurgens

Inks: Art Thibert

Colors: Glenn Whitmore

Cover by Jerry Ordway

Superman begins the voyage home, and in Metropolis, Darkseid's weapon, Turmoil, wreaks havoc.



Action Comics #643

Date: July 1989

Written by George Pérez

Pencils: George Pérez

Inks: Brett Breeding

Colors: Glenn Whitmore

Cover by George Pérez

Superman is back on Earth after his exile in space. After visiting the Daily Planet, he battles Turmoil and Morgan Edge has a heart attack.

