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Issue Details

Issue #197
Published September-October 1979
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 68
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (Associate Editor)

Cover Details

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Theodore Marshall
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez
Inks Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez

12 page Superboy story "Superboy's Split Personality"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; Klaxxu [Philip Mason] (From the planet Aryll); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
Synopsis Klaxxu, fleeing from the planet Aryll after attempting to take over the planet, hid on Earth. With him he brought a male child whom he left at a local orphanage. Years later he suspects that Clark Kent is this alien child.
Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. [May 2008]

8 page The Private Life of Clark Kent story "Clark Kent's Mynah Dilemma"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Fortress of Solitude; April Marigold (Cameo); May Marigold (Cameo)
Synopsis When Clark Kent agrees to watch the Marigold girls pet mynah bird the bird starts blurting out his secret identity.
Genre superhero
Script Cary Bates
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Dave Hunt
Colors Adrienne Roy
Letters Albert DeGuzman
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

11 page Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane story "The Daughter Who Came C.O.D."

Characters Lois Lane; Timothy Swift; Lana Lang; Superman [Clark Kent]; Mrs. Swift; Jimmy Olsen; Sandra Swift; Madge; Rosa Redmark
Synopsis When Sandra Swift runs away from home she is captured by kidnappers who blackmail her parents.
Genre superhero
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Vince Colletta
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Shelly Leferman
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007).

11 page Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen story "The Ghost Writer Riddle!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Kelsy; Thornton; Chester (Henchman); Leroy (Henchman); Morgan Edge
Synopsis Jimmy Olsen receives a mysterious warning on his new typewriter about a bomb in the Daily Planet building.
Genre superhero
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Vince Colletta
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Milt Snapinn
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).

12 page Supergirl story "The Man with the Eternity Hands!"

Characters Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Peter Barton; Valerie Myles; Hector Mandala; Thomas Marshall; Theodore Marshall
Synopsis Supergirl travels into the past to discover the secret behind the ghost of Hector Mandala.
Genre superhero
Script Jack C. Harris
Pencils Don Heck
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Todd Klein

1 page The Superman Family Circle letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters Typeset