Issue | #197 |
Published | September-October 1979 |
Cover Price | 1.00 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (Associate Editor) |
Characters | Superboy [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Theodore Marshall |
Genre | Superhero |
Pencils | Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez |
Inks | Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez |
Characters | Superboy [Clark Kent]; Klaxxu [Philip Mason] (From the planet Aryll); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent |
Synopsis | Klaxxu, fleeing from the planet Aryll after attempting to take over the planet, hid on Earth. With him he brought a male child whom he left at a local orphanage. Years later he suspects that Clark Kent is this alien child. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Joe Giella |
Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [May 2008] |
Characters | Superman [Clark Kent]; Fortress of Solitude; April Marigold (Cameo); May Marigold (Cameo) |
Synopsis | When Clark Kent agrees to watch the Marigold girls pet mynah bird the bird starts blurting out his secret identity. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Cary Bates |
Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
Inks | Dave Hunt |
Colors | Adrienne Roy |
Letters | Albert DeGuzman |
Notes | Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008]. |
Reprinted | in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #5 |
Characters | Lois Lane; Timothy Swift; Lana Lang; Superman [Clark Kent]; Mrs. Swift; Jimmy Olsen; Sandra Swift; Madge; Rosa Redmark |
Synopsis | When Sandra Swift runs away from home she is captured by kidnappers who blackmail her parents. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gerry Conway |
Pencils | Bob Oksner |
Inks | Vince Colletta |
Colors | Jerry Serpe |
Letters | Shelly Leferman |
Notes | Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007). |
Characters | Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Kelsy; Thornton; Chester (Henchman); Leroy (Henchman); Morgan Edge |
Synopsis | Jimmy Olsen receives a mysterious warning on his new typewriter about a bomb in the Daily Planet building. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gerry Conway |
Pencils | Don Heck |
Inks | Vince Colletta |
Colors | Jerry Serpe |
Letters | Milt Snapinn |
Notes | Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007). |
Characters | Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Peter Barton; Valerie Myles; Hector Mandala; Thomas Marshall; Theodore Marshall |
Synopsis | Supergirl travels into the past to discover the secret behind the ghost of Hector Mandala. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jack C. Harris |
Pencils | Don Heck |
Inks | Joe Giella |
Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
Letters | Todd Klein |
Script | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Letters | Typeset |