Comic Title: Adventures of Superman #451
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: February 1989
On Sale Date: January 3, 1989 Shipping Date January 3, 1989
Source: Direct Currents, #12

Shipping Date January 5, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #155

Copyright Date January 3, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mike Carlin

Title: "Dangerous Ground"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer/Artist: Jerry Ordway
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

Reprinted In:
Superman:Exile TPB (1998)
Superman:The Exile & Other Stories Omnibus HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #28; next appearance in Superman #29)

Supporting Character(s)

• Bill Henderson (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #448; next appearance in Superman #29)
• Jose Delgado (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #450; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #453)
• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #450; next appearance in Superman #30)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #450; next appearance in Superman #30)
• Matrix (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #450; next appearance in Superman #30)
• Jerry White (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #445; next appearance in Superman #36)
• Professor Emil Hamilton (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #450; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #453)

Villain(s)

• Morgan Edge (last appearance in Superman #28; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #452)
• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Superman #28; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #452)
• Sydney Happersen (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #450; next appearance in Superman #31)
• Brainiac (last appearance in Superman #28; next appearance in Superman #30)
• Milton Fine (last appearance in Superman #28; next appearance in Superman #30)
• A space creature (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mrs. Turk (last appearance in Superman #28; no further appearances)
• Carl and Roy (a police officer and a crime scene investigator; no further appearances)
• Amanda McCoy (last appearance in Superman #28; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #454)
• Bob Nenno and Moe (reporters; no further appearances)
• Myra Riviera (last name revealed; last appearance in Adventures of Superman #447; no further appearances)
• Toby Raynes (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #447; no further appearances)
• Tammy Brown (Jerry's girlfriend; last name not given in this story; first appearance; next appearance in Superman #36)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Matthew Stockton (in flashback)

Synopsis:
A police investigation begins after a man believed to be Clark Kent is found in Clark's apartment. Amanda McCoy is the only person who knows this man was actually private investigator Matthew Stockton. Intergang was responsible for the murder.

When word of Clark's supposed death reaches Lex Luthor, he orders the killers found. He owes Clark for saving his life from Max Carter weeks earlier. Luthor also sends Jose Delgado, now under his complete control, to the lab of Professor Hamilton. The professor has been using technology that he created while working for LexCorp. Hamilton stops Delgado using a magnetic field. He then broadcasts a conversation with Luthor on live television. Luthor is forced to break off the attack and release Delgado to save face.

Meanwhile in Smallville, reporters call the Kent farm. Jonathan tells Toby Raynes of the Daily Star that Clark is still alive and is in Smallville. He is actually still in deep space. Superman, in exile, has teleported himself into a giant space creature. After nearly being digested by the creature, Superman activates his teleporter again to escape.