Comic Title: Adventures of Superman #453
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: April 1989
On Sale Date: February 28, 1989 Shipping Date February 28, 1989
Source: Direct Currents, #13

Shipping Date March 2, 1989
Source: Amazing Heroes, #160

Shipping Date March 2, 1989
Source: Advance Comics, #2

Copyright Date February 28, 1989
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1989

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

Title: "Insider Rumors"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Lex Luthor (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Roger Stern
Penciller: Dan Jurgens
Inker: Dennis Janke
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Glenn Whitmore

Feature Character(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Superman #30; next appearance in Superman #31)

Supporting Character(s)

• Perry White (last appearance in Animal Man #13; next appearance in Superman #33)
• Emil Hamilton (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #453; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #456)

Villain(s)

• Morgan Edge (last appearance in Superman #30; next appearance in Superman #31)

Other Character(s)

• Three assistants to Lex Luthor (Agnes named; no further appearances)
• Durwood (last appearance in Superman #24; next appearance in Superman #31)
• Several S.T.A.R. Labs department heads (no further appearances)
• Several Wall Street investors (no further appearances)

Comments:
"Hostile Takeover -- Part II"

Synopsis:
Wall Street is overwhelmed by rumors of a takeover bid for control of S.T.A.R. Labs by Lex Luthor. The stock price soars. Luthor himself is playing coy not committing publicly to such a bid. The S.T.A.R. department heads are worried about being absorbed by LexCorp. Eventually amid the wild speculation, Luthor appears on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to announce his interest in S.T.A.R. Labs.