Comic Title: Superman #29
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: March 1989
On Sale Date: January 24, 1989 Shipping Date January 24, 1989
Source: Direct Currents, #12

Shipping Date January 26, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #156

Direct Market Date January 26, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #82

Copyright Date February 24, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Direct Market Date January 26, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #76, Page 3

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

Title: "If This Be My Fate"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer/Penciller: Dan Jurgens
Inker: Brett Breeding
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

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

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #451; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #452)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Flash #25; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #452)
• Bill Henderson (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #451; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #455)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #28; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #452)

Villain(s)

• Hfuhruhurr (behind-the-scenes and in flashback; last appearance in Adventures of Superman Annual #1; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #452)

Other Character(s)

• D'Dlyn (an alien navigator; no further appearances)
• Ripley (an army General; no further appearances)
• Braddock (a reporter; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Adventures of Superman #452.

Synopsis:
Superman rescues the lone surviving crewman of a damaged alien ship. The alien belongs to a race of people living on a world the Man of Steel just visited. Intrigued by the alien, Superman returns to the planet which is now devoid of life. A search of the planet reveals evidence of the Wordbringer, Hfuhruhurr, who once came to Earth and destroyed the bodies of the people in Trudeau, South Dakota.

Almost a year after the Trudeau disaster, the military gives a tour to reporters including Lois Lane. General Ripley claims that the townspeople were killed by toxic gas released in a train crash. Lois uncovers the truth when she discovers the Wordbringer's alien technology underneath the town.

Back in outer space, Superman tracks down Hfuhruhurr's ship. The vessel is enormous in size. As Superman discovers, the ship is used to contain an unfathomable number of disembodied brains from a variety of species.