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Issue Details

Issue #196
Published July-August 1979
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 68
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (Associate Editor)
Notes Wrap-around cover.

Cover Details

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lois Lane (Earth 2); Superman [Clark Kent] (Earth 2); Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane (Earth 1); Clark Kent (Earth 1)
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks Dick Giordano
Notes Wrap-around cover.

1 page Superboy; Supergirl; Mr. & Mrs. Superman; Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane; The Private Life of Clark Kent filler "Superman Family Contents"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane (Earth 1); Jimmy Olsen; Clark Kent (Earth 1); Superman [Clark Kent] (Earth 2); Lois Lane (Earth 2); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Kurt Schaffenberger
Notes Inside front cover.

12 page Superboy story "The Shadow of Jor-El!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Jor-El (Flashback); Riy-Ul (Flashback)
Synopsis Jonathan Kent discovers his worm collection acting strangely and begins to investigate, discovering the secret behind the Earth tremors that are threatening Smallville.
Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Joe Staton
Inks Frank Chiaramonte
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Ben Oda
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

12 page Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane story "Good Health -- It's Killing Me!"

Genre superhero
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Frank McLaughlin
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007).

8 page The Private Life of Clark Kent story "Super-Disco Fever"

Characters Clark Kent; The Clark Kent Fan Club; Terri Cross; Ed Peters; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis The Clark Kent Fan Club, with the help of Jimmy Olsen, traps Clark Kent and forces him to go to a disco for one of their celebrations. While there, Clark discovers a plot to blow up the disco and must do some "super-disco" moves to stop the bomb.
Genre superhero
Script Cary Burkett
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Dan Adkins
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Jean Simek
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].

12 page Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen story "Case of the Curious Castaway"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Lacy Halton; Miranda Halton; Perry White; Le Loup (smuggler); Bennie (Henchman)
Synopsis Jimmy Olsen is asked by Miranda to search for her sister whose balloon crashed somewhere over the ocean.
Genre superhero
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils John Calnan
Inks Vince Colletta
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Albert DeGuzman
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).

8 page Mr. & Mrs. Superman story "Editor of the Star"

Characters Clark Kent (Earth 2); Lois Lane (Earth 2); Daily Star; George Taylor; Perry White (Earth 2); Mr. Ace [Judge Alder]; Ratso
Synopsis When George Taylor decides to retire as editor of the Daily Star he has a contest between Clark Kent and Perry White with one of them winning the job as editor.
Genre Superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Todd Klein
Notes This is an Earth 2 story. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].

12 page Supergirl story "Displaced Double Identity"

Characters Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Valerie Myles; The Gyronaut [Bert]; Ernie (Henchman)
Synopsis Supergirl must solve the mystery of why her friend Valerie Myles suddenly believes that she is Supergirl.
Genre superhero
Script Jack C. Harris
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Bob Smith
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Shelly Leferman

1 page The Superman Family Circle letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside back cover.