Comic Title: Adventures of Superman #446
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1988
On Sale Date: July 26, 1988 Shipping Date July 26, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #6

Shipping Date July 28, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #146

Newsstand Date August 20, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #146

Copyright Date July 26, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

Shipping Date July 26, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #760

Newsstand Date August 9, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #760

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

Title: "First Steps"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer/Penciller: Jerry Ordway
Inker: Dennis Janke
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Petra Scotese (Goldberg)

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

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #23; next appearance in Cosmic Odyssey #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #23; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #447)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman #23; next appearance in Superman #24)
• Perry White (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #445; next appearance in Superman #24)
• Maggie Sawyer (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #445; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #447)
• Jose Delgado (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #445; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #447)
• Dan Turpin (last appearance in Superman Annual #2; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #447)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #445; next appearance in Doom Patrol Annual #1)
• Morgan Edge (last appearance in Swamp Thing #72; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #447)
• Sydney Happersen (last appearance in Superman #2; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #450)
• Max Carter (full name Heddison Maxwell Carter revealed; last appearance in Adventures of Superman #434; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #447)
• Carter's three unnamed henchmen (no further appearances)
• Security guards at a Lexcorp plant (Jake named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mrs. Turk (Clark's neighbor; next appearance in Superman #28)
• Carol Samuels (last appearance in Action Comics #584; no further appearances)
• Poe (a Galaxy Broadcasting director; no further appearances)
• Miss Conway (Morgan Edge's secretary; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #448)
• Steve Lombard (a news reporter; first post-Crisis appearance; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #467)
• Valerie Seagraves and Matt (radio news reporters; no further appearances)
• Two unnamed cab drivers (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Lana Lang (in Superman's nightmare)
• Jonathan Kent (in Superman's nightmare)
• Supergirl (in Superman's nightmare)
• General Zod (in Superman's nightmare)
• Quex-Ul (in Superman's nightmare)
• Zaora (in Superman's nightmare)
• Mrs. Berg (Clark's grammar school teacher; in Superman's nightmare)

Comments:
Superman assumes the identity of Gangbuster beginning in this story.

Synopsis:
Haunted by nightmares as a result of his execution of the Kryptonian criminals in the Pocket Universe, Superman has been unable to sleep. When Morgan Edge dispatches Max Carter and his gang to steal discarded Lexcorp battle suits, Superman goes into action to stop them. However, he is holding back noticeably for fear of hurting anyone.

Meanwhile, Jose Delgado visits a Lexcorp lab run by Dr. Happersen in hopes of restoring his mobility. That night Gangbuster returns to smash the facility where Lexcorp was storing their discarded tech.