(November 1982)

DC, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.75 CAD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
52
Indicia frequency
monthly
On-sale date
1982-07-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics, Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Julius Schwartz
Color
Color
Dimensions
Standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock
Newsprint
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

1st Electrifying Issue (Table of Contents)

Supergirl / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
S-3984
Genre
superhero
Characters
Supergirl [Linda Danvers]
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl (DC, 1982 series) #1 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl (1982 series) #1 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl (1982 series) #1 [Canadian]
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[Ad for Lego Expert Builder Series] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A Very Strange and Special Girl (Table of Contents: 2)

Supergirl / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Bob Oksner
Colors
Tom Ziuko
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-3958
Genre
superhero
Characters
Supergirl [Linda Danvers]; Mr. Wainwright; Zor-El (flashback); Alura (flashback); Superman [Clark Kent] (flashback); Psi [Gayle Marsh] (intro); Mr. Pendergast; Fred Danvers (flashback); Edna Danvers (flashback); Joan Raymond; Ida Berkowitz; John Ostrander
Synopsis
Supergirl, as Linda, moves to Chicago to enroll at Lake Shore University but meets a powerful enemy named Psi.
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Indexer Notes

Supergirl's origin is recapped.

[Ad for Bubble Yum gum] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Ad for Grit Newspaper & Tyco Magnum 400 toys] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Ad for Lifesavers candy] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Fate Is the Killer (Table of Contents: 6)

Masters of the Universe / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Ben Oda
Editing
Dave Manak

Indexer Notes

Insert between pages 12 & 13 of main story.

[Ad for A Bad Case of Worms novelty toy] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Dungeons & Dragons / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Ad for Sgt Rock action figure] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Ads for various things] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

DC Is on the Move! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

The Daring New Readers of Supergirl (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
History of the Supergirl strip, plus short biographies of Carmine Infantino and Bob Oksner.

Indexer Notes

Last half page is DC Coming Comics for August 19th.

[Ad for Kidco Tough Wheels] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Ad for Frogger Atari game] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. 1st Electrifying Issue
    Supergirl
  2. 1. [Ad for Lego Expert Builder Series]
  3. 2. A Very Strange and Special Girl
    Supergirl
  4. 3. [Ad for Bubble Yum gum]
  5. 4. [Ad for Grit Newspaper & Tyco Magnum 400 toys]
  6. 5. [Ad for Lifesavers candy]
  7. 6. Fate Is the Killer
    Masters of the Universe
  8. 7. [Ad for A Bad Case of Worms novelty toy]
  9. 8. A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure
    Dungeons & Dragons
  10. 9. [Ad for Sgt Rock action figure]
  11. 10. [Ads for various things]
  12. 11. DC Is on the Move!
  13. 12. The Daring New Readers of Supergirl
  14. 13. [Ad for Kidco Tough Wheels]
  15. 14. [Ad for Frogger Atari game]
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