The Superman Family #170 Values

Publisher: DC, 1975

About The Superman Family #170

Kurt Schaffenberger cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Title: The Kid Who Adopted Jimmy Olsen; The Superman-Lois Hit Record; The Green Sun Supergirl

Characters: Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superman [Clark Kent]

Pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks: Kurt Schaffenberger

Letters: Joe Letterese ?

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: The Kid Who Adopted Jimmy Olsen

Characters: Jimmy Olsen; Val; Perry White; Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Lasa; Avar; Damian; The Rip-Off Gang; Magus; The Black Coven

Synopsis: A small child is left in Jimmy's care. This child has magical powers that help Jimmy capture the Rip-Off Gang.

Pages: 14.000

Script: Leo Dorfman

Pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks: Kurt Schaffenberger

Letters: Ben Oda

Notes: A note in the letters section explains that Kurt Schaffenberger based the boy in the story on his grandson.

Title: Both Feet in the Grave

Characters: Jimmy Olsen; Mitch Korba; Superman [Clark Kent]

Synopsis: When mob boss Mitch Korba gets out of prison he decides to show the mob how things were done in the old days by killing Jimmy Olsen.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Leo Dorfman

Pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks: Kurt Schaffenberger

Letters: Joe Letterese

Title: The Green Sun Supergirl!

Characters: Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Joan; Dragomonsters; Ant-Men

Synopsis: While Supergirl is helping NASA test a spacesuit her space capsule is sucked into a "Warp Stream" and crashes on the planet Lumal. Lumal has a green sun and Supergirl has no powers.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Jim Mooney

Inks: Jim Mooney

Letters: Joe Letterese ?

Title: The "Superman-Lois" Hit Record!

Characters: Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Don Weeder; President John Kennedy (Photo on wall in story); Winston Churchill (Photo on wall in story); Nikita Kruschev (Photo on wall in story); Lana Lang; Perry White; Steve Allen (Comedian)

Synopsis: A parody of a then current President Kennedy parody record by Vaughn Meader. John F. Kennedy, Winston Churchill and Nikita Kruschev's photos appear in the story and comedian Steve Allen appears in person in the story.

Pages: 7.670

Script: Jerry Siegel

Pencils: Curt Swan

Inks: George Klein; Kurt Schaffenberger (Lois figures)

Letters: Joe Letterese

Notes: Per Bob Bailey, the Lois Lane heads are inked by Schaffenberger and the rest of the story is inked by Klein. This was a short-lived practice around 1963-1964 on special stories.

Title: The Reporter of 1,000 Faces!

Characters: Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]

Synopsis: Examples of disguises Jimmy has used in previous stories.

Pages: 2.000

Script: E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils: Curt Swan (illustrations)

Inks: George Klein (Panel 1); John Forte (Panel 2,6); Ray Burnley (Panel 3,5,9); Stan Kaye (Panel 4,7,8)

Letters: Gaspar Saladino

Notes: Illustrated with single panels taken from each of the following issues: Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #74, 47, 27, 44, 21, 38, 36, and 12.

Title: The Invulnerable Imp!

Characters: Superboy [Clark Kent]; Mr. Mxyzptlk; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent

Synopsis: Mxyzptlk has his name changed to Mxypyxm so it is the same no matter how he says it and then travels to Earth to plague Superboy.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Edmond Hamilton; Cary Bates (idea)

Pencils: George Papp

Inks: George Papp

Notes: Originally a Superboy feature.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	5	3	0	0	18
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	5	3	0	0	18

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