THE SUPERMAN FAMILY #217
“Back to Square One! / We Interrupt this Program...! / Arrest Me - - I'm a Murderer! / Sing a Song of Murder!”
April 1982
Cover by Rich Buckler and Dick Giordano."Back to Square One!" A "Mr. & Mrs. Superman" story written by E. Nelson Bridwell, penciled by Kurt Schaffenberger, inked by Frank Chiaramonte, colored by Jerry Serpe and lettered by John Costanza."We Interrupt this Program...!" (Supergirl) written by Paul Kupperberg, penciled by Win Mortimer, inked by Vince Colletta, colored by Tatjana Wood and lettered by Ben Oda."Arrest Me - - I'm a Murderer!" (Jimmy Olsen) written by Paul Kupperberg, penciled by Jose Delbo, inked by Joe Giella, colored by Jerry Serpe and lettered by Milt Snapinn."Sing a Song of Murder!" (Lois Lane) written by Tamsyn O'Flynn, penciled by Bob Oksner, inked by Vince Colletta, colored by Tom Ziuko and lettered by Milt Snapinn.Notes: Series downsizes to four features by removing "The Private Life of Clark Kent" series.Fortress of Solitude, Metalo (George Grant), and Lois Lane of Earth-2.In the story "We Interrupt this Program...!" Donny Hughes is a play on words of the actual talk show host Phil Donahue.In the story "Sing a Song of Murder!" the country singer Dulcina Rae is a splitting image of Dolly Parton.An old foe, a murderer all too willing to confess, a song thief... just another busy schedule for The Superman Family!
