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Issue Details

Issue #188
Published March-April 1978
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 84
Editing E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover Details

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)

1 page Batman; Hostess advertisement "Sable Lady"

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.

1 page Superman Family story "Contents Page"

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

13 page Jimmy Olsen story "Crisis in Kandor!"

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.

2 page The Superman Family Circle letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell; Mike White; Susan Murrie; ? [as B. Thon]; Tommy Krasker; Robert Bruce Braley
Letters Typeset

8 page Superman story "The Death Angel from Earth"

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.

12 page Lois Lane story "The Mutant Menace of Metropolis!"

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

8 page Krypto story "Ridin' the Rails"

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

10 page Nightwing and Flamebird story "Here There Be... Giants!"

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.

12 page Supergirl story "Kandor vs. Supergirl!"

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.

1 page Superman text article "Superman Movie Report 2"

Characters Christopher Reeves (as Superman) (Photo)
Script Mike Gold
Letters Typeset