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Issue: The Superman Family #208
Publication Date: July 1981
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Issues: #208 of 59 Issues (78 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 28
Pages: 56
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Disclose Notes: While the cover states "No Ads" there is indeed an ad in the issue. The issue includes a centerfold on glossy paper instead of the newsprint of the rest of the issue. The outside of the centerfold is house ads and the inside of the centerfold is an ad for the Atari video game system.
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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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Disclose Reprinted In6
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ross Andru (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Supergirl; Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen; The Private Life of Clark Kent; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane; Mr. and Mrs. Superman
Character(s): Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Clark Kent (Earth 1); Clark Kent (Earth 2); Lois Lane (Earth 2); Mr. Mxyztplk (Earth 2)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3641
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Superman Family Circle
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Letters from Mary Jo O'Connor, Scott Gibson, Gary Thompson, Anthony Peter Molchan, Neil Ahlquist, and K. E. Long.

Includes Direct Currents column.
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The Super-Switch to New York

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Supergirl
Character(s): Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Fred Danvers (Cameo); Edna Danvers (Cameo); Zor-El (Cameo); Allura (Cameo); Laura Larue (Actress); Mr. Waverly; Mr. Pierce; Peter Barton; Valerie Myles; Dean Betsy Lyman; Alan Ward; Ed Koch
Synopsis: Supergirl leaves New Athens school to move to New York City and join the soap opera "Secret Hearts."
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #39 published January 1982
as Superwechsel nach New York [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Poche #62-63 published October 1982
as Le super-coup de New York [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: S-3626
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The 5th-Dimensional Hijack!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Brett Breeding
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. & Mrs. Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent] (Earth 2); Lois Lane (Earth 2); Mr. Mxyztplk (Earth 2); Mr. Mxyzptlk (Earth 1, Cameo); King Brpxz; Charlie Chaplin (Cameo on movie poster)
Synopsis: Mr. Mxyztplk hijacks an entire plane full of passengers back to his dimension. Clark Kent and Lois Lane are on the plane and must now rescue the other passengers.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #4/1984 published February 1984
as Entführung in die fünfte Dimension! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3625
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Case of the Stolen Clock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): John Calnan
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): John Costanza
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Private Life of Clark Kent
Character(s): Clark Kent; Morgan Edge [Morris Edelstein]; Eric Lofgren; Lana Lang; Yussel Berkowitz [Joseph Burke]
Synopsis: Morgan Edge sends Clark Kent to retrieve a rare clock.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #39 published January 1982
as Die gestohlene Uhr [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: S-3636
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story reveals that Morgan's boyhood name was really Morris Edelstein.
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Lois' Dream Scoop!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Perry White; Congressman Pyle; Shiek Abdul D'Bai
Synopsis: Lois Lane stumbles onto an FBI investigation of a crooked congressman.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #10/1983 published October 1983
as Lois Traum-Story! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: S-3584
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Mystery of the Missing Mail!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): George Tuska
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): Carl Gafford
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; Stephanie Edge (Morgan Edge's Niece)
Synopsis: Jimmy Olsen and Morgan Edge's niece stop a group of computer components smugglers.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #3/1982 published February 1982
as Nur ein Postkasten! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: S-3605
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Hembeck; Bob Rozakis
Penciller(s): Fred Hembeck
Inker(s): Fred Hembeck
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daily Planet Feature Page; Ask the Answer Man; Hembeck
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.65
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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#73 Don Heck

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr [as Michael C. Carmichael]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): DC Profile
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.35
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page.
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Volume 81 Issue 4 - April, 1981

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daily Planet
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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