The Superman Family
#196
(July-August 1979)
DC,
1974 Series
- Volume
- 26
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1979-04-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893159908
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #167.
[no title indexed]
Mr. & Mrs. Superman; The Private Life of Clark Kent; Superboy; Supergirl; Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- José Luis García-López (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- S-3140
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (back cover); Lois Lane (Earth-2, back cover); Superman [Clark Kent] (Earth-2, back cover); Jimmy Olsen (back cover); Lois Lane (Earth-1, back cover); Clark Kent (Earth-1, back cover)
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover.
Superman Family Contents
Mr. & Mrs. Superman; The Private Life of Clark Kent; Superboy; Supergirl; Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / table of contents / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-3154
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane (Earth-1); Jimmy Olsen; Clark Kent (Earth-1); Superman [Clark Kent] (Earth-2); Lois Lane (Earth-2); Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Shadow of Jor-El!
Superboy / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- S-3137
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Jor-El (Flashback); Riy-Ul (Flashback)
- Synopsis
- Jonathan Kent discovers his worm collection acting strangely and begins to investigate, discovering the secret behind the Earth tremors that are threatening Smallville.
- Reprints
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #23/1979 (31. Oktober 1979) -
in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #5 (May-June 1980) -
in Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #32 (avril 1986) which is reprinted - in Branché ! sur... (Sage - Sagédition, 1986 series) #6 (décembre 1986-janvier 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Good Health -- It's Killing Me!
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- S-3118
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #6/1980 (19. März 1980)
- in Superman Géant (Sage - Sagédition, 1979 series) #7 (avril 1980)
-
in Eks almanah (Dečje novine, 1975 series) #377 (1983-08-11)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Super-Disco Fever
The Private Life of Clark Kent / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- S-3021
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Clark Kent; The Clark Kent Fan Club; Terri Cross; Ed Peters; Jimmy Olsen
- Synopsis
- The Clark Kent Fan Club, with the help of Jimmy Olsen, traps Clark Kent and forces him to go to a disco for one of their celebrations. While there, Clark discovers a plot to blow up the disco and must do some "super-disco" moves to stop the bomb.
- Reprints
- in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #30 (février 1980) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #4/1980 (20. Februar 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Case of the Curious Castaway
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- S-3119
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Lacy Halton; Miranda Halton; Perry White; Le Loup (smuggler); Bennie (Henchman)
- Synopsis
- Jimmy Olsen is asked by Miranda to search for her sister whose balloon crashed somewhere over the ocean.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #27/1979 (27. Dezember 1979)
- in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #38 (octobre 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Editor of the Star
Mr. & Mrs. Superman / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- S-3114
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Clark Kent (Earth-2); Lois Lane (Earth-2); Daily Star; George Taylor; Perry White (Earth-2); Mr. Ace [Judge Alder]; Ratso
- Synopsis
- When George Taylor decides to retire as editor of the Daily Star he has a contest between Clark Kent and Perry White with one of them winning the job as editor.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #1/1980 (9. Januar 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
This is an Earth-2 story.
Displaced Double Identity
Supergirl / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- S-3156
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Valerie Myles; The Gyronaut [Bert]; Ernie (Henchman)
- Synopsis
- Supergirl must solve the mystery of why her friend Valerie Myles suddenly believes that she is Supergirl.
- Reprints
- in Grüne Leuchte (Egmont Ehapa, 1979 series) #12/1979 (Dezember 1979)
- in Superman Poche (Sage - Sagédition, 1976 series) #32 (avril 1980) [Alternance de noir et blanc et de couleurs [Color pages alternate with black and white pages]]
-
[no title indexed]
The Superman Family Circle / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-3145
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Mr. & Mrs. Superman; The Private Life of Clark Kent; Superboy; Supergirl; Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane -
1.
Superman Family Contents
Mr. & Mrs. Superman; The Private Life of Clark Kent; Superboy; Supergirl; Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane -
2.
The Shadow of Jor-El!
Superboy -
3.
Good Health -- It's Killing Me!
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane -
4.
Super-Disco Fever
The Private Life of Clark Kent -
5.
Case of the Curious Castaway
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen -
6.
Editor of the Star
Mr. & Mrs. Superman -
7.
Displaced Double Identity
Supergirl -
8.
[no title indexed]
The Superman Family Circle
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