The Superman Family
#168
(December 1974-January 1975)
DC,
1974 Series
- Volume
- 21
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1974-09-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [circle]
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (co-editor); Murray Boltinoff (co-editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #110 (September 1974).
The Girl with the See-Through Mind!
Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Supergirl / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?
- Job Number
- S-1843
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #23/1975 (8. November 1975) -
in Superman Presents Supergirl Comic (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #20 ([June 1976] ?) [Main image]
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
table of contents / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Curt Swan; Kurt Schaffenberger (illustrations)
- Inks
- Neal Adams; Kurt Schaffenberger (illustration); George Klein
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- N-1155
Indexer Notes
art reprinted from various sources, including the cover to Action Comics #373
The Girl with the See-Through Mind!
Supergirl / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Elliot Maggin (credited as Elliot S. Maggin)
- Pencils
- John Rosenberger
- Inks
- Vince Colletta
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz
- Job Number
- S-1806
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #23/1975 (8. November 1975)
- in Superman Presents Supergirl Comic (K. G. Murray, 1973 series) #20 ([June 1976] ?)
-
An E.S.Peek at Lena Thorul!
comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Kurt Schaffenberger; Jim Mooney; Curt Swan (illustrations)
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger; Jim Mooney; Jack Abel (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino; ?
- Job Number
- N-1148
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Illustrated with panels from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #23, Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #295, Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #317, Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #387, and Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #388.
Jimmy's D-Day Adventure!
Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Job Number
- N-1152
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
-
from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #86 (July 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Reprint information corrected by Jim Stangas.
Super-Puzzle
activity / 1 page
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy (illustration)
- Inks
- Nick Cardy (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- P-2
Indexer Notes
Superman figure taken from the cover of Shazam! #1.
Lois Lane, Super-Telepath!
Lois Lane / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
- Inks
- Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Vivian Berg
- Job Number
- N-1151
- Genre
- superhero; adventure
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Superman [Clark Kent]; "Long Odds" Larkin; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen] (Cameo); Lori Lemaris (Cameo); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (Cameo); Super-Horse (Cameo)
- Synopsis
- Lois Lane thinks she has telepathic powers.
- Reprints
- from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #56 (April 1965)
-
The Fugitive Krypto
Krypto / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Job Number
- N-1153
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #122 (July 1965)
-
Comedy Cover Capers
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell ?
- Pencils
- Bob Oksner; Curt Swan (2 covers); Kurt Schaffenberger
- Inks
- Bob Oksner; Murphy Anderson; Stan Kaye; Kurt Schaffenberger
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Job Number
- N-1156
- Reprints
- from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #52 (April 1961)
- from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #75 (July 1967)
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #393 (May 1970), #410 (September 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
reprinted covers with altered dialogue
The Infernal Imp!
Mr. Mxyzptlk / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- N-1150
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #169 (May 1964)
- in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #192 (Circa August 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
originally a Superman feature
Lana Lang's Mystic Power!
Lana Lang / comic story / 9 pages
- Job Number
- N-1154
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #111 (March 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
originally a Superboy feature
Brainiac's Super-Revenge!
Brainiac / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (credited)
- Inks
- Stan Kaye (see notes); George Klein (credited) (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese; Gaspar Saladino (logo design, see notes)
- Job Number
- N-1149
- Feature Logo
Brainiac [1970s]- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Congo Bill; Congorilla; Brainiac (villain); Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Molnur; Invisible Rogue; Elastic Crook; Electric Man (cameo); Insect Master (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Congorilla helps Superman, Lois and Jimmy escape from Braniac's trap.
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #280 (September 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Originally a Superman feature. Inks credit from the index of the original printing. George Klein credited on the splash page.
Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos B #74: BRAINIAC on 31 May 2021.
[no title indexed]
Super Fe-Mail / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Bob Rozakis
- Pencils
- Pat Broderick ? (illustration)
- Inks
- Pat Broderick ? (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Job Number
- S-1848
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Girl with the See-Through Mind!
Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; Supergirl -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
The Girl with the See-Through Mind!
Supergirl -
3.
An E.S.Peek at Lena Thorul!
-
4.
Jimmy's D-Day Adventure!
Jimmy Olsen -
5.
Super-Puzzle
-
6.
Lois Lane, Super-Telepath!
Lois Lane -
7.
The Fugitive Krypto
Krypto -
8.
Comedy Cover Capers
-
9.
The Infernal Imp!
Mr. Mxyzptlk -
10.
Lana Lang's Mystic Power!
Lana Lang -
11.
Brainiac's Super-Revenge!
Brainiac -
12.
[no title indexed]
Super Fe-Mail
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- CTGarry
- Gregory Fischer
- Ralf Haring
- Lou Mazzella
- Donald Dale Milne
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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