Comic Title: Superman #32
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: June 1989
On Sale Date: April 18, 1989 Shipping Date April 18, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #163

Shipping Date April 18, 1989
Source: Previews, #2

Copyright Date April 18, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

Direct Market Date April 20, 1989
Source: Comic Shop News, #93, #94, #95

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

Title: "Gladiator"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: Kerry Gammill
Inker: Dennis Janke
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

Reprinted In:
Superman:Exile TPB (1998)
DC Universe Special:Superman #1 (2008)
Superman:The Exile & Other Stories Omnibus HC (2018)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics Annual #2; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #455)

Supporting Character(s)

• Matrix (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #454; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #455)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #450; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #455)

Villain(s)

• Mongul (last appearance in Action Comics Annual #2; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #455)
• Draaga (last appearance in Action Comics Annual #2; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #455)
• Eradicator (last appearance in Action Comics Annual #2; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #455)

Other Character(s)

• The Cleric (last appearance in Action Comics Annual #2; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #455)
• Cellkeeper 385 (last appearance in Action Comics Annual #2; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #455)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Jonathan Kent (in the memory of Matrix)
• Martha Kent (in the memory of Matrix)
• Lana Lang (in the memory of Matrix)

Comments:
This story is continued from Action Comics Annual #2 and continues in Adventures of Superman #455.

Synopsis:
Following his defeat of Draaga, Superman directly challenges Mongul. The warlord teleports to the battlefield and engages the Man of Steel. The fight between the two powerhouses goes back and forth with Mongul prevailing.

Mongul wants to make an example out of Superman, so he imprisons him with Draaga, intending to kill them both slowly. Superman breaks loose and twice saves Draaga's life. He finally succeeds in bringing Mongul down, but once again refuses to kill. Mongul recovers and retaliates by blasting Superman. However, the Cleric, who has observed the battle remotely uses the Eradicator to teleport Superman to his side.