Comic Title: Adventures of Superman #427
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: April 1987
On Sale Date: January 15, 1987 Newsstand Date January 15, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #35

Newsstand Date January 15, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #108

Shipping Date December 23, 1986
Source: DC Releases, #35

Shipping Date December 23, 1986
Source: Amazing Heroes, #108

Shipping Date December 23, 1986
Source: Comics Journal, #112

Copyright Date December 23, 1986
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1986
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Circulation: 98605
Editor: Andrew Helfer

Title: "Mind Games"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Marv Wolfman
Artist: Jerry Ordway
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 3 TPB (2004)
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 1 HC (2020)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #4; next appearance in Action Comics #587)

Villain(s)

• The Circle (a mysterious organization; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #429)
• Prana (a member of the Circle; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Zahara (Prana's wife; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #429)
• President Marlo (leader of Qurac; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #428)
• Various soldiers (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Jor-El (an image created by Prana)
• Lara (an image created by Prana)
• Lois Lane (an image created by Zahara)
• Lana Lang (an image created by Zahara)
• Catherine Grant (an image created by Zahara)
• Lex Luthor (an image created by Prana)
• Metallo (an image created by Prana)
• Bizarro (an image created by Prana)
• Synapse (an image created by Prana)

Synopsis:
Superman traces the weapons recently used in Metropolis to the terrorist nation of Qurac. Although he dislikes involving himself in the affairs of nations, Superman faces off with the Quraqui military in an attempt to reach President Marlo. When he finally reaches Marlo to force the leader to reveal the locations of the terrorists, Superman is overcome by mental force.

Beneath the streets of Qurac, two members of the Circle probe Superman's mind in an attempt to learn if he is one of their kind. The probe takes the form of Superman's friends, family, and foes. The Circle member Prana questions Superman about his true intentions, wondering why he has chosen not to rule the world.

Prana's exertion eventually leads to his own death. His wife Zahara takes up the cause, but she finds that Superman's mind is too powerful. She is rendered unconscious and taken away by other members of the Circle. Superman does not learn who was responsible for the Mind Games, or there true intentions.