(March 1983)

DC, 1982 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-12-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893121203
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl (DC, 1982 series) #5 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Mesmerized (Table of Contents)

Supergirl / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ed Hannigan
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
S-4057
Genre
superhero
Characters
Supergirl [Linda Danvers]
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Indexer Notes

Art credits and job number confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Cover Thumbnail for The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl (DC, 1982 series) #5 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl (1982 series) #5 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl (1982 series) #5 [Canadian]
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Fear Times Four (Table of Contents: 1)

Supergirl / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
Tom Ziuko
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
S-4069
Genre
superhero
Characters
Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; The Gang [Brains; Bulldozer; Kong; Ms. Mesmer]; John Ostrander; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Ida Berkowitz; Cheryl Delarye; Daryll Simmons; Joan Raymond; Roland Wilson; Lester Adams; Dennis (image on screen)
Synopsis
Ms. Mesmer makes Supergirl think that people can see her as Linda, so she flees the battle with the Gang to protest her secret identity, while the gang kidnaps Johnny Ostrander to find the location of a package that he has that belongs to them.
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Indexer Notes

Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Daring New Readers of Supergirl / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Dick Giordano
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-4062

Indexer Notes

Letters from Neil Ahlquist, Jenette Gerdes, Nancy Halpern, William J. Armstrong, Mary C. Whittington, John Britten, Stephen Scott Beau Smith, and Kevin T. Brown.

Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Brain Drain (Table of Contents: 3)

Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Tamsyn O'Flynn
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-4074
Genre
detective-mystery; adventure
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Indexer Notes

Job number and page count confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Mesmerized
    Supergirl
  2. 1. Fear Times Four
    Supergirl
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Daring New Readers of Supergirl
  4. 3. Brain Drain
    Lois Lane
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
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