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Issue: The Superman Family #211
Publication Date: October 1981
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Issues: #211 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: 06/30/1981
Volume: 28
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.30 GBP
$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: No ads. On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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The Man with the Explosive Mind!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen; The Private Life of Clark Kent; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane; Mr. and Mrs. Superman; Supergirl
Character(s): Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Clark Kent (Earth 2); Lois Lane (Earth 2); Bruce Wayne (Earth 2); Selina Kyle (Earth 2); Jimmy Olsen; The Mind-Bomber [Paige Van Horne]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #1391 published November 1982
as El Hombre de la Mente Explosiva [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3705
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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 Ed Mattes and Michael Burkhalter.

Includes "Current Super-Attractions."
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The Man with the Explosive Mind!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lena Thorul Colby; Greg Gilbert (scriptwriter); Hal (Actor); J.K. (Director); Alan Ward (Producer); Betty Tibbit (Olympic Gold Medalist); The Mind-Bomber [Paige Van Horne]
Synopsis: Lena Thorul Colby moves to New York. While stopping The Mind-Bomber, Lena learns Supergirl's secret identity.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #40 published January 1982
as …Geisterbomben! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermán #1391 published November 1982
as El Hombre de la Mente Explosiva [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: S-3692
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The Kill Kent Contract!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. & Mrs. Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent] (Earth 2); Lois Lane (Earth 2); Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth 2); Catwoman [Selina Kyle] (Earth 2); King of Cats [Karl Kyle]; Alfred Beagle (Earth 2); Commissioner James W. Gordon (Earth 2); Barbara Gordon (Earth 2, wife of James Gordon); Tony Gordon (son of James Gordon); Two-Face [Harvey Kent] (Earth 2); Gilda Kent (Earth 2)
Synopsis: At the wedding of the Earth 2 Batman and Catwoman, Lois overhears of a plot to kill one of the guests.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #3/1984 published February 1984
as Das Clark-Kent-Mord-Komplott! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3695
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Search for a Secret-Seeker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Private Life of Clark Kent
Character(s): Clark Kent; Elongated Man [Ralph Dibny]; Frank (Doorman at Clark Kent's building)
Synopsis: Clark Kent and the Elongated Man go out for lunch.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGigant #2/1982 published January 1982
as En liten misforståelse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #1/1982 published January 1982
as Ferflixter Verfolgungswahn! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Job Number: S-3696
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Lois Lane: Hostage!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Lois Lane; Larella (Policeman); Mayer (Policeman); Inspector Henderson; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Moe (Terrorist); Lola (Terrorist); Roscoe (Terrorist)
Synopsis: Lois Lane stops terrorists who have hijacked a train full of passengers.
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In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #3/1982 published January 1982
as Lois Lane als Geisel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: S-3689
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Deadlier Than the Sword

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Shelby Drake [Harlan Lavery]; Marcy Lavery; Jennifer Owens (Daily Planet Receptionist); Mark Olsen (Jimmy Olsen's father); Perry White; Lois Lane; Superman [Clark Kent]
Synopsis: Shelby Drake takes revenge on Jimmy Olsen after Jimmy revealed that he was really Harlan Lavery, the man who stole a million dollars and got away with it.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #38 published January 1982
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Poche #66 published February 1983
as Une vie gâchée [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: S-36?8
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

Text Article  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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.45
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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#79 Bob Oksner

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike W. Barr [as Michael C. Carmichael]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): DC Profile
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.55
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Part of the Daily Planet Feature Page.
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Volume 81 Issue 10 - July, 1981

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Pérez (signed)
Inker(s): George Pérez; Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daily Planet
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Text with two illustrations. The first one is signed Perez & Giordano and is the cover for Best of DC Digest #17. The second is the cover for DC Comics Presents #38 and is not signed but is Perez on both pencils and inks.

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