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Issue Details

Issue #179
Published October 1976
Frequency Monthly except for December, February, May and July
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 52
Editing Julius Schwartz; Murray Boltinoff (co-editors)

Cover Details - "I Scared Superman to Death"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lois Lane
Genre superhero
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger

17 page Jimmy Olsen story "I Scared Superman to Death"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lucy Lane; Quazars (Amazons of Space, alien race); Fortress of Solitude; Bottle City of Kandor; Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]; Nightwing [Superman] (Flashback Cameo)
Synopsis An alien race has made all male humans so fearfull that they no longer can function. Superman and Jimmy Olsen must save the day.
Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes Part I: The Day Metropolis Became Fear City. Part II: Flamebird Flies Again

1 page Aquaman; Hostess advertisement "Twinkies and Kelp"

Characters Aquaman; Mera; Colonel Kelp
Genre Superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Advertisement for Hostes Twinkies (ITT Continental Baking Company).

1 page Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals letters page

Script Jack Harris
Letters Typeset

2 page Jimmy Olsen story "Strangest Strangers of Space"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Curt Swan (p. 1); Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks George Klein (p. 1), Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes Each panel reprinted from an old Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane or Supergirl story.

9 page Lois Lane story "The Sleeping Doom!"

Characters Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lucy Lane; "Slinky" Sam
Synopsis Lois Lane must stay awake until Superman returns from space or she will be taken over by an alien being.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes Plot gimmick lifted from Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Writer credit from Bob Hughes.
Reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #18

6 page Supergirl story "Supergirl Visits the 21st Century!"

Characters Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Tommy Tomorrow (as a child); Jik
Synopsis Supergirl travels into the future for the first time and meets young Tommy Tomorrow.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Reprinted From Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #255 (August 1959)