Comic Title: Adventures of Superman #448
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1988
On Sale Date: September 27, 1988 Shipping Date September 27, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #8

Shipping Date September 29, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #149

Newsstand Date October 22, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #149

Copyright Date September 27, 1988
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1988

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

Title: "The Ledge"
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 Lex Luthor:The Unauthorized Biography #1; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #635)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lois Lane (last appearance in Swamp Thing #79; next appearance in Suicide Squad #22)
• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #445; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #450)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #445; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #450)
• Jose Delgado (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #447; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #450)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superman #22; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #450)
• Matrix (last appearance in Superman #22; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #450)
• Bill Henderson (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #447; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #451)
• Perry White (behind-the-scenes on the telephone; last appearance in Superman #24; next appearance in Suicide Squad #22)
• Catherine Grant (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #447; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #450)
• Dubbilex (last appearance in Superman Annual #2; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #449)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Lex Luthor:The Unauthorized Biography #1; next appearance in Superman #26)
• Morgan Edge (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #447; next appearance in Superman #26)
• Willy Hargreaves (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #447; no further appearances)
• Brainiac (last appearance in Superman #25; next appearance in Superman #26)
• Milton Fine (last appearance in Superman #25; next appearance in Superman #26)
• A Dominator (no further appearances)
• Two Thanagarians (no further appearances)
• Two thieves (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Amanda McCoy (last appearance in Superman #2; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #449)
• Matthew Stockton (a private detective; last name revealed in Superman #28; first appearance; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #449)
• Miss Conway (last appearance in Adventures of Superman #446; next appearance in Adventures of Superman #450)
• Gus (a photographer; no further appearances)
• Three police officers (Carl named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Hitman Willy Hargreaves stands on the ledge of a building prepared to jump. Superman is in position to catch him, so Hargreaves grabs Inspector Henderson and holds him at gunpoint. He also admits to the murder of Max Carter. Superman agrees to leave the scene if Hargreaves releases Henderson. When the killer complies, Superman leaves.

Gangbuster then appears on the scene and grabs Hargreaves. He threatens to drop the hitman off the ledge. The stunt convinced Hargreaves to surrender and come in off the ledge. Gangbuster's success carries favor with the media, but Superman doesn't like his methods.

Meanwhile at the DNA Project, Dubbilex monitors an alien ship entering Earth's atmosphere in advance of an alien invasion.