The Superman Family #213 [Direct]
(December 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
1981-09-01
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

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mr. & Mrs. Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Reprints

Here She Comes! (Table of Contents: 1)

Wonder Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Colan
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Bad Day with Blackrock! (Table of Contents: 2)

Supergirl / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Pasko
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
S-3774
Genre
superhero
Characters
Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Blackrock [Dr. Peter Silverstone]; Lena Thorul Colby (aka Lena Luthor); Greg Gilbert; Hennie; Ida Colby; Val Colby; Lex Luthor
Reprints

Queen of the Insect World! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Frank Chiaramonte
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
S-3747
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent] (Earth-2); Lois Lane (Earth-2); Insect Queen [Lana Lang] (Earth-2)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Superman Interviews Clark Kent! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
John Calnan
Inks
Jim Janes
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
S-3743
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [Clark Kent]; Terri Cross
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Watson, Watson Everywhere... and Not a Holmes in Sight! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Paul Levitz
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Todd Klein

Job Number
S-3751
Genre
superhero; adventure
Characters
Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]; Inspector Henderson; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Mr. Oliva; Lewis; Sandy; Commissioner Douglas; Jensen
Reprints

Confucius Say, "He Who Rekindle Old Flame Is Bound to Get Burned!" (Table of Contents: 6)

Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Pasko
Pencils
José Delbo
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
S-3717
Genre
superhero
Characters
Jimmy Olsen [also disguised as Augie Marsh]; Lucy Lane; Jennifer Owens; Leo Baroni; Harvey; Lou
Reprints

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 Superman Family Circle / letters page / 0.9 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis (letter replies)
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Kurt Schaffenberger
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Letters from Todd McFarlane (Calgary, Alberta) and Mark LaGasse.

Includes "Current Super-Attractions" column.

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

Hembeck / comic story / 0.1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look dear-- they made a movie about me!
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Superman (Earth-Two); Lois Lane (Earth-Two)

Volume 81 Issue 14 - September, 1981 (Table of Contents: 9)

Daily Planet / in-house column / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Bob Rozakis

Genre
biography

Indexer Notes

Back cover. A few coming attraction blurbs.

#83 John Costanza (Table of Contents: 10)

DC Profiles / in-house column / 0.4 page (report information)

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

Genre
biography
Characters
John Costanza

Indexer Notes

Bottom part of Daily Planet page on back cover.
Costanza self-caricature

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Mr. & Mrs. Superman
  2. 1. Here She Comes!
    Wonder Woman
  3. 2. Bad Day with Blackrock!
    Supergirl
  4. 3. Queen of the Insect World!
    Mr. & Mrs. Superman
  5. 4. Superman Interviews Clark Kent!
    The Private Life of Clark Kent
  6. 5. Watson, Watson Everywhere... and Not a Holmes in Sight!
    Lois Lane
  7. 6. Confucius Say, "He Who Rekindle Old Flame Is Bound to Get Burned!"
    Jimmy Olsen
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    The Superman Family Circle
  9. 8. ["Look dear-- they made a movie about me!"]
    Hembeck
  10. 9. Volume 81 Issue 14 - September, 1981
    Daily Planet
  11. 10. #83 John Costanza
    DC Profiles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jason Sacks
  • Steven Samuels
  • Per Sandell
  • Evaristo Lito Sandoval
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore