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Superman Family 165

SUPERMAN FAMILY #165

Cover Date: June-July 1974
Cover Price: $.60
Publication Date: 1974-03-26

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy


Feature: "Super-Contents" (1 Pages)


Credits:

E. Nelson Bridwell (script)
Al Plastino and Curt Swan and Jim Mooney and Mike Sekowsky and Art Saaf and Bob Oksner (pencils)
Al Plastino and George Klein and Jim Mooney and Jack Abel and Vince Colletta and Bob Oksner (inks)
Ben Oda (letters)
E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant edits)
Murray Boltinoff and Julius Schwartz (edits)

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl

Comment(s):

Table of contents.


 

Story: "Princess of the Golden Sun!" (20 Pages)
Part One: "Go East, Young Woman..."
Part Two: "To Lose a Battle..."
Part Three: "....and Win a War!"

Credits:

StoryElliot S. Maggin
PencilsArt Saaf
InksVince Colletta
LetteringBen Oda
Assistant editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingMurray Boltinoff, Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Supergirl Vol. 1 #10/2; next in Superman Vol. 1 #282/2)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #436; next in Superman Vol. 1 #277)

Supporting Character(s):

Zor-El (last in ???; next in issue #177)
Alura Zor-El (last in ???; next in issue #177)
Betsy Lyman (first appearance; Dean of the New Athens Experimental School; next in issue #174)
Martin Hamilton (first appearance; next in issue #171)

Villain(s):

Princess Tlaca (first appearance; a super-powered young woman; strives to restore the Aztec Empire)
Mixcal (first appearance; father of Tlaca; High-Priest of the Sun)
Poxhuala (first appearance; a warrior)
Kerry Berkman (first appearance; Eileen Falco's biological aunt, and a fortune-hunter out to take Eileen's inheritance)

Other Character(s):

Benjamin Pierce (first appearance; senior member of the Board of Trustees; next in issue #171)
Eileen Falco (first appearance; a troubled student; also in flashbacks)
Mrs. Falco (first appearance; Eileen's adoptive mother; also in flashbacks)
a police officer

Location(s):

Central Mexico
Temple of the Golden Sun (first appearance; temporarily surfaced from beneath the Gulf of Mexico)
Metropolis
WGBS Building
Santa Augusta, FL
New Athens Experimental School (first appearance)
Vandyre University, CA

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #17 (October 1981)


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Second Story (reprint): "Jimmy Olsen in Scotland Yard!" (9 Pages)

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #59 (March 1962)


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Third Story (reprint): "Superbaby's First Foster-Parents!" (13 Pages)

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superboy Vol. 1 #133 (October 1966)


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Feature: "Supergirl's Career!" (1 Pages)


Credits:

E. Nelson Bridwell (script)
various (art)
Ben Oda (letters)
E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant edits)
Murray Boltinoff and Julius Schwartz (edits)

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl

Comment(s):

Summary of Supergirl's adventures.


 

Fourth Story (reprint): "The Man Who Betrayed Superman's Identity!" (13 Pages)

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Action Comics #297 (February 1963)


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Fifth Story (reprint): "Lois Lane's Jungle Jeopardy!" (8 Pages)

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #47 (February 1964)


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Sixth Story (reprint): "Krypto's Three Amazing Transformations!" (8 Pages)

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superboy Vol. 1 #111/2 (March 1964)


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Seventh Story (reprint): "Clark Kent, Gangster!" (10 Pages)

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superman Vol. 1 #186/2 (May 1966)


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