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Issue: Superman #222
Publication Date: December 1969
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Issues: #222 of 423 Issues (608 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/07/1969
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: Also designated on cover as Giant (DC, 1969 series) #G66 and as G-66 on indicia page.

On sale date confirmed from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 23, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1969. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B537999.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; then standard Silver Age U.S.; then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched (squarebound #183, 187, 193, 197, 202, 207, 212, 217, 222, 227, 245, 252, 272, 278, 284)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Gaspar Saladino ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Kal-El II; Jor-El II; Sally Selwyn; Halk Kar; Gloria Alpert
First Line: Stop! You must read these stories of my secret family!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: W-366
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Superman's Lost Brother!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman (origin retold); Halk Kar (introduction); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Wrecker Ross (introduction, villain); Lois Lane
Synopsis: When Halk Kar crashes on Earth, the note he carries in Jor-El's handwriting makes Superman suspect that Halk Kar is his older brother. But when Halk Kar joins Superman in his pursuit of "Wrecker" Ross, Halk Kar receives an electric shock and remembers that he is actually a space traveller from Thoron who met Jor-El on Krypton just before it exploded.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #80 published January 1953
was Superman's Big Brother! [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Original title: "Superman's Big Brother."
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The Sweetheart Superman Forgot!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman; Sally Selwyn (intro); Digby Selwyn [Sally's father] (intro); Lori Lemaris (guest appearance); Bart Benson (intro, villain); Lois Lane (cameo)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #165 published November 1963
was The Sweetheart Superman Forgot! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11.67
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The Fantastic Story of Superman's Sons! Part I: Jor-El II and Kal-El II!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman (imaginary); Kal-El II (Superman's son, introduction, imaginary); Jor-El II (Superman's son, introduction, imaginary), Superman's wife (unrevealed, imaginary)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #166 published January 1964
was The Fantastic Story of Superman's Sons! Part I: Jor-El II and Kal-El II! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8.67
Disclose Notes: Imaginary story.
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[The Fantastic Story of Superman's Son's] Part II: The New Nightwing and Flamebird!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman (imaginary); Jor-El II [as Nightwing] (imaginary); Kal-El II [as Flamebird] (imaginary); Zan Zarn (statue, imaginary); Mrn Abbas (statue, imaginary); Jor-El I (statue, imaginary); Gann Artar (villain, imaginary)
Synopsis: Superman's sons become Nightwing II and Flamebird II.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #166 published January 1964
was [The Fantastic Story of Superman's Sons!] Part II: The New Nightwing and Flamebird! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7.67
Disclose Notes: Imaginary story.
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[The Fantastic Story of Superman's Son's] Part III: Kal-El II's Mission to Krypton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Hamilton
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): George Klein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman (imaginary); Jor-El II (imaginary); Kal-El II (imaginary); Jor-El (imaginary); Lara (imaginary); Gann Artar (villain, all imaginary); Val-El (statue); Sul-El (statue); Tala-El (statue); Krypto's father
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #166 published January 1964
was [The Fantastic Story of Superman's Sons!] Part III: Kal-El II's Mission to Krypton! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Imaginary story.
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The Story of Superboy's Sister

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Schwartz
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #62 published January 1958
was The Story of Superboy's Sister [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: John Sikela removed from pencils and inks credits. Sikela mistakenly added earlier to credits through misattribution of reprint source to Superboy #36.

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