Issue Details

Issue	#17
Published	October 1981
Cover Price	0.95
Pages	100
Editing	Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting ed)

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	George Perez
Inks	Dick Giordano

7 page Supergirl story "The Great Supergirl Mirage!"

Characters	Supergirl; Dick Wilson [later Dick Malverne]; Supergirl Robot
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Reprinted	from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #256 (September 1959)

12 page Superman and Supergirl story "The World's Greatest Heroine!"

Characters	Superman; Supergirl (O); Lex Luthor; Kandor; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Zor-El (flashback); John F. Kennedy; Fortress of Solitude; Jerro; Lenora Lemaris; Dick Malverne
Synopsis	Superman reveals Supergirl to the world.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Reprinted	from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #285 (February 1962)

12 page Supergirl story "The Infinite Monster!"

Characters	Supergirl; President John F. Kennedy; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Legion of Super-Heroes; Jackie Kennedy; Lyndon B. Johnson; Fortress of Solitude; Superman; Professor Hartz; Dick Malverne; Mrs. Hart
Synopsis	Supergirl stops a creature from another dimension in her first solo adventure after Superman revealed her to the world.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Reprinted	from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #285 (February 1962)

12 page Supergirl story "Supergirl Goes to College!"

Characters	Supergirl; Donna Storm (villain); Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Super-Monkey; Comet the Super-Horse
Genre	superhero
Script	Leo Dorfman
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Reprinted	from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #318 (November 1964)

17 page Supergirl story "Crypt of the Frozen Graves"

Characters	Supergirl; Geoff Anderson; Nasthalthia Luthor; Bruce Ryan
Genre	superhero
Script	Steve Skeates
Pencils	Tony Dezuniga
Inks	Bob Oksner
Reprinted	from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #424 (October 1972)

16 page Supergirl story "Trail of the Madman!"

Characters	Supergirl [Linda Danvers; Kara Zor-El]; Wanda Five; Sheila Wong; Terry Blake; Aunt Rosie; Dean Madison; Susie; Ron Buxton (dies); Michael Heimes (dies); Frank Morris; VILLAIN: Basil Rasloff
Synopsis	Linda quits her job at KSF-TV, and goes back to college at Vandyre University to study drama.
Genre	superhero
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	Arthur Saaf
Inks	Vince Colletta
Reprinted	from Supergirl (DC, 1972 series) #1 (November 1972)

7 page Supergirl story Go East Young Woman ... (ch 1 of "Princess of the Golden Sun!

Genre	superhero
Script	Elliot Maggin
Pencils	Arthur Saaf
Inks	Vince Colletta
Reprinted	from Superman Family, The (DC, 1974 series) #165 (June-July 1974)

4 page Supergirl story To Lose a Battle ... (ch 2 of "Princess of the Golden Sun!

Genre	superhero
Script	Elliot Maggin
Pencils	Arthur Saaf
Inks	Vince Colletta
Reprinted	from Superman Family, The (DC, 1974 series) #165 (June-July 1974)

9 page Supergirl story ... And Win a War! (ch 3 of "Princess of the Golden Sun!")

Genre	superhero
Script	Elliot Maggin
Pencils	Arthur Saaf
Inks	Vince Colletta
Reprinted	from Superman Family, The (DC, 1974 series) #165 (June-July 1974)

1 page Supergirl text article "The Saga of Supergirl"

Genre	superhero
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters	typeset