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)