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| 9.6 | $60.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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CGC records 36 graded copies for Superman Family #169 (1975). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Lois Lane: "Target of the Tarantula"
Lois Lane encounters a vigilante that calls himself the Tarantula. The vigilante is determined to eliminate members of the mob using execution style tactics. Lois works in conjunction with the S.I.A. to apprehend the criminal. While on the case, Lois seems to be talking to an invisible entity that she calls Simon. Clark Kent follows Lois to find out who she is secretly talking to while she goes about her daily routine. At one point Lois discovers that the Tarantula is actually a fictitious TV character. She visits the home of super fan Gerald Lester who wrote several fan letters to the TV station while the Tarantula show was still on the air. Lois meets with Gerald's parents, but they inform her that their 22-year-old son Gerald never leaves his room. Mr Lester informs Lois that he is a retired detective and that he feels that the mobsters got what they deserve. Lois leaves and the retired couple admits that their son has been missing for the past week. They wonder if their son is can really be the Tarantula. In the meantime, Clark discovers that Lois has been using a secret telephone line and traces it back to S.I.A. headquarters. He learns that Lois has been acting as a secret undercover agent for the past six months. He also learns that she was involved with a deceased agent named Simon Cross who was killed in the line of duty. Superman reasons that this is the same Simon that Lois keeps talking to in her conversations. Superman then uses a Kryptonian Ectoplasmic Exorciser to summon the ghost of Simon Cross. The ghostly figure appears in Clarks apartment and accuses Superman of jealousy. The two converse while Lois tracks down Tarantulas whereabouts to a remote cabin in Spencer Valley. She immediately locates Gerald and is shocked to find that he is not really the Tarantula. It turns out that the Tarantula is actually Gerald's father Mr Lester. He had taken up the mantle of the Tarantula to continue fighting crime after he lost his private detective license. Lester had inadvertently used his son to make him the center of suspicion while he continued his murderous actions. Lester is then about to kill Lois by shooting her with his gun when Superman makes a sudden appearance. He subdues the vigilante and explains that he was worked in conjunction with the ghost of Simon to rescue her. Simon's ghostly figure appears and admits that he realizes that Lois is still in love with Superman. The ghost then disappears forever leaving Superman and Lois behind.
Creative credits
Writers: Cary Bates, Jerry Siegel, Leo Dorfman, Jerry Siegel, Jerry Coleman, Jerry Siegel
Interior art: John Rosenberger, Curt Swan, Jim Mooney, George Papp, John Sikela, John Forte
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