The Superman Family #211 [Direct]
(October 1981)

DC, 1974 Series
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Volume
28
Price
1.00 USD; 0.30 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-06-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

No ads. On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

The Man with the Explosive Mind! (Table of Contents)

Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Mr. & Mrs. Superman; The Private Life of Clark Kent; Supergirl / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
S-3705
Genre
superhero; adventure
Characters
The Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Clark Kent (Earth-One); Clark Kent (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); Lois Kent (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); Selina Kyle (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); Lois Lane (Earth-One); Jimmy Olsen; Supergirl [Linda Lee Danvers]; Bruce Wayne (Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)); The Mind-Bomber [Paige Van Horne]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Superman Family Circle / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Kurt Schaffenberger
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Letters from Ed Mattes and Michael Burkhalter.

Includes "Current Super-Attractions."

The Man with the Explosive Mind! (Table of Contents: 2)

Supergirl / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Pasko
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
S-3692
Genre
superhero
Characters
Supergirl [Linda Lee Danvers]; Lena Thorul-Colby; Greg Gilbert (scriptwriter); Hal (Actor); J.K. (Director); Alan Ward (Producer); Betty Tibbit (Olympic Gold Medalist); The Mind-Bomber [Paige Van Horne]
Universe
DC : mainstream
Synopsis
Lena Thorul Colby moves to New York. While stopping The Mind-Bomber, Lena learns Supergirl's secret identity.
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The Kill Kent Contract! (Table of Contents: 3)

Mr. & Mrs. Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Dan Adkins
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
S-3695
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne] (as Bruce in present, marries Selina Kyle, as Batman in flashback); Alfred Beagle; Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (as Selina in present, marries Bruce Wayne, as Catwoman in flashback); Barbara Gordon (wife of James Gordon); Commissioner James Gordon; Tony Gordon (son of James Gordon); Dick Grayson; Gilda Kent (wife of Harvey Kent); Harvey Kent (formerly Two-Face); Lois Kent; The King of the Cats [Karl Kyle] (brother of Selina Kyle, as Karl in present, as King of Cats in flashback); Superman [Clark Kent]
Universe
DC : Earth-Two (Pre-Crisis)
Synopsis
Lois Kent overhears a plot to kill one of the guests at the upcoming wedding of the Earth-Two Bruce Wayne (Batman) and Selina Kyle (Catwoman).
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Search for a Secret-Seeker (Table of Contents: 4)

The Private Life of Clark Kent / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
John Calnan
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Job Number
S-3696
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Clark Kent; Frank (doorman at Clark Kent's building)
Universe
DC : mainstream
Synopsis
Clark Kent and the Elongated Man go out for lunch.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Lois Lane: Hostage! (Table of Contents: 5)

Lois Lane / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Gerry Conway
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
S-3689
Genre
superhero; adventure
Characters
Inspector Henderson; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Larella (policeman); Mayer (policeman); Moe (terrorist); Lola (terrorist); Roscoe (terrorist)
Universe
DC : mainstream
Synopsis
Lois Lane stops terrorists who have hijacked a train full of passengers.
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Deadlier Than the Sword (Table of Contents: 6)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Pasko
Pencils
José Delbo
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
S-36?8
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White; Shelby Drake [Harlan Lavery]; Marcy Lavery; Jennifer Owens (Daily Planet Receptionist); Mark Olsen (Jimmy Olsen's father)
Universe
DC : mainstream
Synopsis
Shelby Drake takes revenge on Jimmy Olsen after Jimmy revealed that he was really Harlan Lavery, the man who stole a million dollars and got away with it.
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Answer Man; Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Daily Planet Feature Page

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Hembeck / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Fred Hembeck
Pencils
Fred Hembeck
Inks
Fred Hembeck
Letters
Fred Hembeck

Genre
humor; superhero

#79 Bob Oksner (Table of Contents: 9)

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.55 page (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris (credited as Michael C. Carmichael)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page.

Volume 81 Issue 10 - July, 1981 (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
George Pérez (signed)
Inks
George Pérez; Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Text with two illustrations. The first one is signed Perez & Giordano and is the cover for Best of DC Digest #17. The second is the cover for DC Comics Presents #38 and is not signed but is Perez on both pencils and inks.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Man with the Explosive Mind!
    Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Mr. & Mrs. Superman; The Private Life of Clark Kent; Supergirl
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    The Superman Family Circle
  3. 2. The Man with the Explosive Mind!
    Supergirl
  4. 3. The Kill Kent Contract!
    Mr. & Mrs. Superman
  5. 4. Search for a Secret-Seeker
    The Private Life of Clark Kent
  6. 5. Lois Lane: Hostage!
    Lois Lane
  7. 6. Deadlier Than the Sword
    Jimmy Olsen
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    The Answer Man; Daily Planet
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Hembeck
  10. 9. #79 Bob Oksner
    DC Profiles
  11. 10. Volume 81 Issue 10 - July, 1981
    Daily Planet
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