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Issue Details

Issue #208
Published July 1981
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 56
Editing Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (Associate Editor)
Notes While the cover states "No Ads" there is indeed an ad in the issue. The issue includes a centerfold on glossy paper instead of the newsprint of the rest of the issue. The outside of the centerfold is house ads and the inside of the centerfold is an ad for the Atari video game system.

Cover Details

Characters Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Clark Kent (Earth 1); Clark Kent (Earth 2); Lois Lane (Earth 2); Mr. Mxyztplk (Earth 2)
Genre Superhero
Pencils Ross Andru (signed)
Inks Dick Giordano (signed)
Notes While the cover states "No Ads" there is indeed an ad in the issue. The issue includes a centerfold on glossy paper instead of the newsprint of the rest of the issue. The outside of the centerfold is house ads and the inside of the centerfold is an ad for the Atari video game system.

1 page The Superman Family Circle letters page

Script Bob Rozakis
Letters Typeset

13 page Supergirl story "The Super-Switch to New York"

Characters Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Fred Danvers (Cameo); Edna Danvers (Cameo); Zor-El (Cameo); Allura (Cameo); Laura (Actress); Mr. Waverly; Mr. Pierce; Peter Barton; Valerie Myles; Dean Betsy Lyman; Alan Ward
Synopsis Supergirl leaves New Athens school to move to New York City and join the soap opera "Secret Hearts."
Genre superhero
Script Jack C. Harris
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Vince Colletta
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters John Costanza

8 page Mr. & Mrs. Superman story "The 5th Dimensional Hijack!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent] (Earth 2); Lois Lane (Earth 2); Mr. Mxyztplk (Earth 2); Mr. Mxyzptlk (Earth 1, Cameo); King Brpxz; Charlie Chaplin (Cameo on movie poster)
Synopsis Mr. Mxyztplk hijacks an entire plane full of passengers back to his dimension. Clark Kent and Lois Lane are on the plane and must now rescue the other passengers.
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks Brett Breeding
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Milt Snapinn
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].

7 page The Private Life of Clark Kent story "The Case of the Stolen Clock"

Characters Clark Kent; Morgan Edge [Morris Edelstein]; Eric Lofgren; Lana Lang; Yussel Berkowitz [Joseph Burke]
Synopsis Morgan Edge sends Clark Kent to retrieve a rare clock.
Genre superhero
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils John Calnan
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters John Costanza
Notes Revealed that Morgan's boyhood name was really Morris Edelstein. Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics [May 2008].

10 page Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane story "Lois' Dream Scoop!"

Characters Lois Lane; Perry White; Congressman Pyle; Shiek Abdul D'Bai
Synopsis Lois Lane stumbles onto an FBI investigation of a crooked congressman.
Genre superhero
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Vince Colletta
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Shelly Leferman
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007).

10 page Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen story "Mystery of the Missing Mail!"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Stephanie Edge (Morgan Edge's Niece)
Synopsis Jimmy Olsen and Morgan Edge's niece stop a group of computer components smugglers.
Genre superhero
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils George Tuska
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters Milt Snapinn
Notes Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007).

1 page Daily Planet Feature Page promo (ad from the publisher)

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis Includes Ask the Answer Man column, a Hembeck cartoon and DC Profile #73 on Don Heck.
Script Michael C. Carmichael; Fred Hembeck; Bob Rozakis
Pencils Fred Hembeck
Inks Fred Hembeck
Letters Typeset
Notes Inside back cover.

1 page Daily Planet Extra promo (ad from the publisher)

Letters Typeset
Notes Back Cover.