Story: "As Good As His Word!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

Roger Stern and Tom Peyer (plot)
Roger Stern (script)
Paris Cullins (pencils)
Dennis Janke (inks)
John Costanza (letters)
Glenn Whitmore (colors)
Michael Carlin (edits)

Villains:

Lex Luthor (last in Adventures of Superman #453/2)
Mr. Mxyzptlk (in between Adventures of Superman #441 and #463)

Other Characters:

Team Luthor
Morris (first appearance; a member of Team Luthor)
Vekko (an employee of Luthor's)

Comment: Superman does not appear in this story.

Second Story: "Hostile Takeover, Part III: Poison Pill!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Roger Stern (plot, script)
Jerry Ordway (plot assists)
Dan Jurgens (pencils)
Dennis Janke (inks)
John Costanza (letters)
Glenn Whitmore (colors)
Michael Carlin (edits)

Feature Character:

Lex Luthor (next, behind the scenes, in Adventures of Superman #454)

Villains:

Gretchen Kelley
Sydney Happersen (last in Adventures of Superman #451; next in issue #35)
Brainiac
George Eagleton
Simmons (both behind the scenes)
Morgan Edge (next in Adventures of Superman #454)

Other Characters:

Caroline Abernathy
Alton Stuart (board chairman of STAR Labs)
Durwood
Morris
Scott Harris (a reporter for WLEX)
Lawrence Wilcox (a reporter for Business-line; first appearance of both)
Laura Conway (in between Adventures of Superman #450 and Adventures of Superman #454)