The Superman Family
#198
(November-December 1979)
DC,
1974 Series
- Volume
- 26
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1979-08-07
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893159912
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader #171.
[no title indexed]
Mr. & Mrs. Superman; Superboy; Supergirl; Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- José Luis García-López (signed)
- Inks
- José Luis García-López (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Job Number
- S-3204
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Clark Kent (Earth-2); Lois Lane (Earth-2)
- Reprints
-
in The Adventures of Supergirl (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #[37] ([1980]) [Supergirl vignette] -
in Adventures of Superman: José Luis García-López (DC, 2013 series) #2 ([March] 2020)
-
- Keywords
- green kryptonite
Indexer Notes
Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
Challenge of the Green K-tastrophe!
Superboy / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- S-3181
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; "Marbles"; Sedgeworth Wenton; Chief Parker; Lana Lang
- Synopsis
- Mr. Wenton has invented synthetic liquid Green Kryptonite. He travels to Smallville to ask Superboy to test it but criminals discover his plans and kidnap him and the Green Kryptonite.
- Reprints
-
in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #14 (1980) -
in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #3/1980 (uke 12 1980)
-
- Keywords
- green kryptonite
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Clark and Lana are travelling by train to a Beatles concert. Last Superboy in Superman Family; his stories continue in The New Adventures of Superboy.
The Leaning Tower of Metropolis!
Mr. & Mrs. Superman / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- S-3158
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent] (Earth-2); Ella Lane (Lois Lane's mother); Lois Lane (Earth-2); Colonel Future; Jimmy Olsen (Earth-2)
- Synopsis
- Colonel Future tries to destroy the Daily Star building. Clark must make sure he stops Colonel Future without revealing his secret identity to his mother-in-law.
- Reprints
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #2/1980 (23. Januar 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Earth-2 story.
Green Lantern vs Triclops Three-Eyed Keeper of the Cave
Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Phantom of the Opry
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- S-3184
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jimmy Olsen; Hank Rogers (country music singer); Barbara Bench; Winston J. Cartwright; Perry White; Lois Lane; Stella; Catherine Sloan St. James; Penny Sue Klemmer
- Synopsis
- Jimmy Olsen must figure out who is trying to destroy the Metropolis Opry House.
- Reprints
- in Giant Superman Album (K. G. Murray, 1963 ? series) #42 (1980)
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #12/1984 (4. Juni 1984), #13/1984 (8. Juni 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Riddle of the Runaway Rocket!
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / comic story / 10 pages
- Job Number
- S-3185
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lois Lane; Regine Williams; Bobbi; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Wani; Louie
- Synopsis
- Lois Lane investigates a Roller Derby team that skates inhumanly fast.
- Reprints
- in Supermann (Semic, 1977 series) #4/1980 (uke 16 1980)
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #13/1984 (8. Juni 1984), #14/1984 (2. Juli 1984)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Cosmic Abduction!
Supergirl / comic story / 11 pages
- Job Number
- S-3183
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Brad Reynolds (science fiction writer); Peter Barton; Valerie Myles; Ralph Painter
- Synopsis
- When Brad Reynolds, a famous Science Fiction writer, disappears off a full plane in mid-flight Supergirl must determine what happened.
- Reprints
- in The Adventures of Supergirl (K. G. Murray, 1980 series) #[37] ([1980])
- in Superboy (Semic, 1977 series) #2/1981 (uke 14 1981)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Mr. & Mrs. Superman; Superboy; Supergirl; Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane -
1.
Challenge of the Green K-tastrophe!
Superboy -
2.
The Leaning Tower of Metropolis!
Mr. & Mrs. Superman -
3.
Green Lantern vs Triclops Three-Eyed Keeper of the Cave
Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies -
4.
Phantom of the Opry
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen -
5.
The Riddle of the Runaway Rocket!
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane -
6.
[no title indexed]
The Superman Family Circle -
7.
The Cosmic Abduction!
Supergirl
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