The Man with the Explosive Mind! / The Kill Kent Contract! / Search for a Secret-Seeker / Lois Lane: Hostage! / Deadlier than the Sword last edited by BuffaloDelorean on 10/31/23 11:59AM View full history

    1. Cover by Ross Andru and Dick Giordano.
    2. "The Man with the Explosive Mind!" (Supergirl) written by Martin Pasko, penciled by Win Mortimer, inked by Vince Colletta, colored by Gene D'Angelo and lettered by Ben Oda.
    3. "The Kill Kent Contract!" A "Mr. & Mrs. Superman" story written by E. Nelson Bridwell, penciled by Kurt Schaffenberger, inked by Dan Adkins, colored by Adrienne Roy and lettered by Ben Oda. At the wedding of the Earth 2 Batman and Catwoman, Lois overhears of a plot to kill one of the guests. During the wedding Clark Kent looks over the guests and determines the intended victim is Harvey Kent, the former Two-Face. Clark foils the hit and then captures both the hit man and his employer. The story ends with Clark revealing to Selina that he is Superman, essentially welcoming her into the extended Superman family just as Bruce had done with Lois.
    4. "Search for a Secret-Seeker" A "Private Life of Clark Kent" story written by Bob Rozakis, penciled by John Calnan, inked by Joe Giella, colored by Jerry Serpe and lettered by Milt Snapinn.
    5. "Lois Lane: Hostage!" (Lois Lane) written by Gerry Conway, penciled by Bob Oksner, inked by Vince Colletta, colored by Jerry Serpe and lettered by Todd Klein.
    6. "Deadlier than the Sword" (Jimmy Olsen) written by Martin Pasko, penciled by Jose Delbo, inked by Joe Giella, colored by Jerry Serpe and lettered by Todd Klein.
    7. "Hembeck" written, penciled and inked by Fred Hembeck.
    8. "DC Profile #79 Bob Oksner" text piece by Michael C. Carmichael.
    9. "Daily Planet" Volume 81 Issue 10 for the month of July 1981 edited by Bob Rozakis, production by Jodi Saviuk and lettered by Typeset. Featuring Supergirl in The Best of DC #17. Plus, "Ask the Answer Man".

    Notes:

    • Gotham City, Batcave, Batman, Catwoman, Karl Kyle (Selina Kyle's brother), Dick Grayson, Gilda Kent, Harvey Kent (Two-Face), James, Barbara and Tony Gordon, Alfred Beagle, and Lois Lane are from Earth-2.
    • Bruce Wayne marries Selina Kyle on Earth-2.
    • The Daily Planet Flying Newsroom appears as the WGBS helicopter.
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