(February 1979)

DC, 1976 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1978-11-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
A DC TV Comic [bullet]
Barcode
0709893066802
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #162.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Super Friends / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ramona Fradon (signed)
Inks
Bob Smith (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
S-3066
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Aquaman; Zan; Gleek
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Super Friends (DC, 1976 series) #17 Cover Thumbnail for Super Friends (1976 series) #17 [British]
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Trapped in Two Times! (Table of Contents: 1)

Super Friends / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell (credited)
Pencils
Ramona Fradon (credited)
Inks
Bob Smith (credited)
Colors
Jerry Serpe (credited)
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)
Job Number
J-5649
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman; Robin; Aquaman; Superman; Gleek; Wonder Woman; Professor Carter Nichols; Wonder Twins [Zan; Jayna]; Time Trapper (known by Wonder Woman as the Time Master); Queen Hippolyta [as Queen Hippolyte]; Lyla Ler-Rol; Bahom
Synopsis
The Time Trapper wrecks Professor Nichols time machine and sends Jayna to Krypton just hours before it explodes and Zan into the future of a world about to be destroyed by its red sun.
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Keywords
Krypton

Indexer Notes

Superman mentions the Legion of Super-Heroes having fought the Time Trapper, thus establishing that the Legion does exist in the Super Friends continuity. Story continues next issue.

Credits include: "Special thanks to Nick Pascale."

Penguins on Parade (Table of Contents: 2)

Hostess Fruit Pies; Penguin / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Penguin; Gotham City police officers
Synopsis
The Penguin distracts people with marching penguin puppets while stealing an antique sword, but is himself distracted by Hostess Fruit Pies planted by the police.

Indexer Notes

Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Super Fans / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-3067

Indexer Notes

Letters from Mark Rschke, Chris Marotta, and Justin Hegarty. Includes Question Seventeen for "The Second Great Superman Movie Contest."

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

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck; ?
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Colors
?
Letters
Fred Hembeck; typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes a Hembeck strip.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Super Friends
  2. 1. Trapped in Two Times!
    Super Friends
  3. 2. Penguins on Parade
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Penguin
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Super Fans
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Daily Planet
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