Issue | #188 |
Published | March-April 1978 |
Cover Price | 1.00 USD |
Pages | 84 |
Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Characters | Nightwing [Van-Zee]; Flamebird [Ak-Var]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Jimmy Olsen; Krypto (viginette); Lois Lane (viginette) |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (signed) |
Inks | Dick Giordano (signed) |
Characters | Batman [Bruce Wayne, Earth-1]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sable Lady |
Synopsis | Sable Lady is stealing furs and hoping to decoy the Dynamic Duo by planting false burglar alarms all over Gotham City, but they find her and foil her plans with Hostess Cup Cakes because she can't resist them. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | E. Nelson Bridwell (?) |
Pencils | Curt Swan |
Inks | Vince Colletta |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | An advertisement for Hostess cup cakes featuring DC characters and produced by DC staff. |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Nightwing [Van-Zee]; Flamebird [Ak-Var]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lois Lane; Krypto |
Synopsis | Contents listing of this issue. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Characters | Nightwing [Van-Zee]; Nightwing [Superman, Clark Kent]; Flamebird [Ak-Var]; Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]; Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Sylvia (Van-Zee's wife); Lyle (Van-Zee's son); Lili (Van-Zee's daughter); Dev-Re; Dara Bel-Ne; Ken-Lar; Par-Sa; The Sepratists (Political faction in Kandor); Sor-El (Leader of the Sepratists); Har-Lo (Sepratist) |
Synopsis | Superman and Jimmy Olsen travel to Kandor to witness an election for the science council. During the election the Sepratists attack and secure some enlarging gas which they use to make themselves 3 times taller than the other Kandorians to attempt to take over the city. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Tom DeFalco |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Tex Blaisdell |
Colors | Cornelia Adams |
Letters | Shelly Leferman |
Notes | Part One of a Two part story that continues in the Nightwing and Flamebird story later in this issue. This is the first time Superman and Jimmy Olsen meet Van-Zee and Ak-Var who have taken over their Nightwing and Flamebird identities. |
Script | E. Nelson Bridwell; Mike White; Susan Murrie; ? [as B. Thon]; Tommy Krasker; Robert Bruce Braley |
Letters | Typeset |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Steve Lombard (Cameo); Rolax (Alien); Argon (Alien); Fortress of Solitude; Red Kryptonite |
Synopsis | Superman is tricked by Argon into taking a sample of a plague to Argon's forces on a distant world. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gerry Conway |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Tex Blaisdell |
Colors | Jean McMillan |
Letters | Morris Waldinger |
Notes | Story continues in next issue. |
Characters | Lois Lane; Marv Leonard; Wolf Weinman; The Human Cannonball; Dave Stevens; Tina Ames; Professor Phineas Potter; Superman [Clark Kent] (Flashback Cameo) |
Synopsis | Professor Potter accidentally turns Tina Ames into a monster that Lois and The Human Cannonball must stop. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Tom DeFalco |
Pencils | Win Mortimer |
Inks | Bob Wiacek |
Colors | Mario Sen |
Letters | Milt Snapinn |
Characters | Krypto; Ed Lacy; Otis Cribble (Hobo) |
Synopsis | Krypto and Ed Lacy help a derailed train get back on the tracks. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Bob Toomey |
Pencils | Juan Ortiz |
Inks | Juan Ortiz |
Colors | Mario Sen |
Letters | Clem Robins |
Characters | Nightwing [Superman]; Nightwing [Van-Zee]; Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]; Flamebird [Ak-Var]; Sor-El; Sylvia (Van-Zee's wife); Lyle (Van-Zee's son); Lili (Van-Zee's daughter); Fortress of Solitude; Bottle City of Kandor; Dara Bel-Ne |
Synopsis | Superman, Jimmy, and Nightwing and Flamebird stop the sepratists and rescue Van-Ze's family. |
Genre | Superhero |
Script | Paul Kupperberg |
Pencils | Ken Landgraf |
Inks | Romeo Tanghal |
Colors | Jean McMillan |
Letters | Shelly Leferman |
Notes | Part Two of a three part story. |
Characters | Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Fortress of Solitude; Bottle City of Kandor; Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Van-Zee; Ak-Var; Ro-Lar (Kryptonian Judge); Shyla Koronn; Phantom Zone; Fred Danvers; Zor-El; Lex Luthor (Flashback) |
Synopsis | Supergirl is charged with being a criminal and helping Lex Luthor by Kandorian courts. She is sentenced to the Phantom Zone. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jack C. Harris |
Pencils | Jack Abel |
Inks | Joe Giella |
Colors | Jean McMillan |
Letters | Milt Snapinn |
Notes | Part Three of a three part story. |
Characters | Christopher Reeves (as Superman) (Photo) |
Script | Mike Gold |
Letters | Typeset |