- Script
- Jerry Ordway (credited); George Pérez (credited); Roger Stern (credited)
- Pencils
- Jerry Ordway (credited) (pages 1-3, 12-14, 21-23, 29, 33 (panel 7), 34-36, 39-40, 45, 46 (bottom tier), 47, 48 (right)); Mike Mignola (credited) (pages 5-6, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 27, 28 (right), 31 (panel 8), 32-33, 37-38, 42-43, 46 (middle tier), 48 (left)); Curt Swan (credited) (pages 4, 7-9, 15-16, 19-20, 26, 28 (left))
- Inks
- John Statema (credited) (pages 1-3, 12-14, 21-23, 29, 33 (panel 7), 34-36, 39-40, 45, 46 (bottom tier), 47, 48 (right)); George Pérez (credited) (pages 5-6, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 27, 28 (right), 31 (panel 8), 32-33, 37-38, 42-43, 46 (middle tier), 48 (left)); Brett Breeding (credited) (pages 4, 7-9, 15-16, 19-20, 26, 28 (left))
- Colors
- Glenn Whitmore (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Oakley (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The prison planet lies in the vast shadow of Warworld, the seat of power in this galaxy.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jor-El (flashback) (cameo); Jonathan Kent (flashback) (cameo); Martha Kent (flashback) (cameo); Lois Lane (flashback) (cameo); Lana Lang (flashback) (cameo); Lara (flashback) (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (flashback) (cameo); Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Perry White (flashback) (cameo); The Cleric (introduction); Cellkeeper 385 (introduction); Gladiator Attendant Lentra (introduction); Draaga; Kelex (flashback); Sen-M the Elder (flashback); the League of Life (flashback); Syra (flashback; dies); Tyr-N (flashback); Cat Grant (flashback); Matrix [Supergirl] (flashback); Kaargl (villain, introduction); Eradicator (introduction); Mongul
- Synopsis
- Superman fights and defeats Mongul's gladiators. The Cleric has an artifact from Krypton that he has been holding until the right person comes along.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Daily Planet; Earth; Kansas; Kent Farm; Krypton; Lexcorp; Metropolis; S.T.A.R. Labs; Smallville; Warworld
Story continued from Adventures of Superman (DC, 1987 series) #454 and story continues in Superman (DC, 1987 series) #32.
- Script
- George Pérez (credited)
- Pencils
- Jerry Ordway (credited) (signed as ); Mike Mignola (credited) (signed as )
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; The Cleric; Cellkeeper 385; Gladiator Attendant Lentra
George Perez discusses how he became the writer of Action Comics.