Comic Title: Adventures of Superman #443
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: August 1988
On Sale Date: April 26, 1988 Shipping Date April 26, 1988
Source: Direct Currents, #3

Shipping Date April 26, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #138

Newsstand Date May 19, 1988
Source: Amazing Heroes, #138

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

Shipping Date April 26, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754, #756

Newsstand Date May 10, 1988
Source: Comics Buyers Guide, #752, #754, #756

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

Title: "Prisoner of Conscience"
Pages: 30

Feature(s):
Superman (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Jerry Ordway
Penciller: John Statema
Inker: Doug Hazlewood
Letterer: Albert Tobias De Guzman
Colorist: Julianna Ferriter

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 9 TPB (2017)
Superman:The Man of Steel Vol. 4 HC (2022)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in World of Metropolis #1; next appearance in Action Comics Weekly #606)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jimmy Olsen (last appearance in World of Metropolis #1; next appearance in Superman #21)

Villain(s)

• Terrorists of the I.L.A. (no further appearances)
• Hassam (a member of the I.L.A.; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• The emperor and Ahkry (the leader of an alien race and his son; no further appearances)
• The emperor's minions (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Henry Kanfield (a journalist; no further appearances)
• Jawad Al Gurdan (Clark's friend; no further appearances)
• Robert and Bill (hostages; no further appearances)
• Tehra (an alien girl; no further appearances)
• Husque (Tehra's brother; first appearance; next appearance in Superman #37)
• Zander (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen travel to the Middle East in search of missing reporter Henry Kanfield who was taken hostage by extremists. After leaving Jordan, the reporters encounter an ambush. Clark creates a distraction allowing their guide Jawad Al Gurdan to get Jimmy. Once he is alone with the terrorists, Clark is free to use his powers to subdue them. He then rescues two hostages.

Meanwhile, Jimmy and Jawad encounter an alien woman who lures them into the desert. By the time Superman arrives to help, she takes Jimmy through a portal into another dimension. Superman dispatches a sand creature, then follows.

In the alien dimension, Superman fights to save Jimmy. The alien emperor intends to use Jimmy as a host body for his son Ahkry. The girl who brought Jimmy to the alien dimension, Tehra, switches sides and eventually aids Superman in rescuing Jimmy. When the emperor is killed, Superman learns that the dead body of Henry Kanfield was serving as his host. Tehra returns Superman and Jimmy to Earth, while her friend Zander takes the emperor's mask and office.