Comic Title: Adventures of Superman #433
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: October 1987
On Sale Date: July 14, 1987 Newsstand Date July 14, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Newsstand Date July 14, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #121

Shipping Date June 23, 1987
Source: DC Releases, #41

Shipping Date June 23, 1987
Source: Amazing Heroes, #121

Shipping Date June 23, 1987
Source: Focus, #1, Page BC

Copyright Date June 23, 1987
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1987
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

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

Title: "A Tragedy in Five Acts"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: Jerry Ordway
Inker: Robert Allen Smith
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Anthony Tollin

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 5 TPB (2007)
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 2 HC (2021)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #10; next appearance in Superman #11)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Superman #10; next appearance in Superman #11)
• Perry White (last appearance in Superman #10; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #434)
• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in Superman #10; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #1)
• Jose Delgado (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #432; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #434)
• Lucy Lane (last appearance in Superman #4; next appearance in Superman #17)
• Jerry White (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #432; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #434)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Superman #10; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #434)
• A gang of armed robbers (Harry named; no further appearances)
• A gang boss and his men (no further appearances)
• Several prison convicts (no further appearances)
• Two of Luthor's security guards (no further appearances)
• Sapperstein (the head of Project Synapse; not named in this story; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #434)

Other Character(s)

• Mayor Walters (no further appearances)
• Two teenage subjects of Project Synapse (one dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Sam Lane (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #424; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #472)
• Elinore Lane (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #424; no further appearances)

Comments:
Part 2 of "Gangwar"

This story is continued in part from Adventures of Superman #432 and continues in part in Adventures of Superman #434.

Synopsis:
Jimmy Olsen breaks up an armed robbery at a grocery store. He catches one of the crooks and discovers that it is Jerry White. He chooses to let Jerry go, so that Perry does not find out. When Lois finds out, she visits Jose Delgado who is fostering Jerry. Lois gains evidence of Jerry's involvement with gangs and wants to run the story, but Perry is conflicted.

Meanwhile Jerry is arrested and sent to jail. He refuses to cooperate with police, and the other prisoners beat him to remind him not to talk. Jose visits Jerry and is told that Luthor is behind the gang war. Jose speaks out against Luthor and is nearly killed. Luthor then returns to his office for a report on Project Synapse in which gang members were given adrenal stimuli to cause anti-social behavior. Two subjects obtained super-strength for a limited time. Luthor is displeased with the result, because he wanted a higher success rate.