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Issue: The Superman Family #197
Publication Date: September 1979
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Issues: #197 of 59 Issues (78 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/05/1979
Volume: 26
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893159910
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #169.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound (#164-176); saddle-stitched (#177-222)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Theodore Marshall
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3168
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Superboy's Split Personality

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Klaxxu [Philip Mason] (From the planet Aryll)
First Line: I've got to ditch this alien uniform --
Synopsis: Klaxxu, fleeing from the planet Aryll after attempting to take over the planet, hid on Earth. With him he brought a male child whom he left at a local orphanage. Years later he suspects that Clark Kent is this alien child.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #22 published January 1980
as Superboys gespaltene Persönlichkeit [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: S-3150
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Clark Kent's Mynah Dilemma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): April Marigold (cameo); May Marigold (cameo)
First Line: 7:56 P.M. on Friday evening --
Synopsis: When Clark Kent agrees to watch the Marigold girls pet mynah bird the bird starts blurting out his secret identity.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagRoter Blitz #1/1980 published January 1980
as Zur Hölle mit Mary-Ann! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #8/1980 published January 1980
as Clark Kents mynah dilemma [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #5 published May 1980
as Clark Kent's Mynah Dilemma [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3123
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Daughter Who Came C.O.D.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Timothy Swift; Mrs. Swift; Sandra Swift; Madge; Rosa Redmark
First Line: Late afternoon in the offices of the Daily Planet, as a certain young reporter returns from covering a tedious trial...
Synopsis: When Sandra Swift runs away from home she is captured by kidnappers who blackmail her parents.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #1/1980 published January 1980
as Eine Tochter? Nur gegen Bargeld! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: S-3151
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Ghost Writer Riddle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Kelsy; Thornton; Chester (Henchman); Leroy (Henchman)
First Line: 1:34 P.M. -- and on a street in Metropolis' banking district, Daily Planet reporter James Olsen snaps photos of a daring daylight robbery...
Synopsis: Jimmy Olsen receives a mysterious warning on his new typewriter about a bomb in the Daily Planet building.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #10/1980 published May 1980
as Das Rätsel der Geisterschrift [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: S-3152
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Man with the Eternity Hands!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Peter Barton; Valerie Myles; Hector Mandala; Thomas Marshall; Theodore Marshall
First Line: In my travels across the universe, I have witnessed many unusual and extraordinary things that have mystified even my super-senses...
Synopsis: Supergirl travels into the past to discover the secret behind the ghost of Hector Mandala.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #47 published January 1979
as Mann mit den tödlichen Händen! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: S-3149
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3173
Disclose Notes: Letters from Robert Sallion, Margaret O'Connell

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