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30April 1989
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Superman #30

DC · April 1989 · on sale 1989-02-23

First appearance: Veto Skreemer1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
Superman (DC, 1987 series)
Issue
#30
Publication date
April 1989
Key date
1989-04-00
On-sale date
1989-02-23
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.75; 0.95 CAD
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Veto Skreemer - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Where No One Can Hear You Scream!cover1pencils: Kerry Gammill; inks: Dennis Janke; letters: Todd KleinClark Kent, Lex Luthor, Superman
2Alone!comic story14script: Roger Stern; pencils: Kerry Gammill; inks: Dennis Janke; colors: Glenn Whitmore; letters: John CostanzaClark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Matrix, Superman
4Batman’s Past Is Catching Up With Himpromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetBatman, Bruce Wayne
7[Hostile Takeover, Part I]: King of All He Surveys!comic story8script: Roger Stern; pencils: Dan Jurgens; inks: Dennis Janke; colors: Glenn Whitmore; letters: Albert De GuzmanBrainiac, Jose Delgado, Morgan Edge, Milton Moses Fine, Professor Emil Hamilton, Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Superman, Vril Dox
8A Retro-Future Gangster Epicpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Brett Ewins; inks: Brett EwinsVeto Skreemer First
9DC Annuals 1989promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Chris Wozniak, George Pérez; inks: Malcolm Jones III, George Pérez
11The Janus Directivepromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
12-letters page2script: Mike Carlin

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 07098930675204

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superman: Exile #[nn]
ISBN 1563894386		1998On eBay ›
Superman: The Exile and Other Stories Omnibus #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-7823-6		2018On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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