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Issue: The Superman Family #188
Publication Date: March 1978
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Issues: #188 of 59 Issues (78 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/20/1977
Volume: 25
Pages: 84
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893159904
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #151.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound (#164-176); Saddle-stitched (#177-222)
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
ORIGINAL COVER ART from the Private Collection of Miki Annamanthadoo
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): José Luis García-López (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Giordano (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Supergirl; Jimmy Olsen; Nightwing and Flamebird
Character(s): Nightwing [Van-Zee]; Flamebird [Ak-Var]; Superman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Jimmy Olsen; Krypto (inset); Lois Lane (inset)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Supergirl Comic #34 published March 1979
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-647
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Sable Lady

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes
Character(s): Batman [Bruce Wayne] (Earth-1); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sable Lady
Synopsis: Sable Lady is stealing furs and hoping to decoy the Dynamic Duo by planting false burglar alarms all over Gotham City, but they find her and foil her plans with Hostess Cup Cakes because she can't resist them.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. An advertisement for Hostess cup cakes featuring DC characters and produced by DC staff.
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Contents Page

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Nightwing [Van-Zee]; Flamebird [Ak-Var]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Lois Lane; Krypto
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: J-5081
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Crisis in Kandor!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom DeFalco
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Tex Blaisdell
Colorist(s): Cornelia Adams
Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Nightwing [Van-Zee]; Nightwing [Superman; Clark Kent]; Flamebird [Ak-Var]; Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]; Sylvia (Van-Zee's wife); Lyle (Van-Zee's son); Lili (Van-Zee's daughter); Dev-Re; Dara Bel-Ne; Ken-Lar; Par-Sa; The Sepratists (Political faction in Kandor); Sor-El (Leader of the Sepratists); Har-Lo (Sepratist)
Synopsis: Superman and Jimmy Olsen travel to Kandor to witness an election for the science council. During the election the Sepratists attack and secure some enlarging gas which they use to make themselves 3 times taller than the other Kandorians to attempt to take over the city.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: J-4989
Disclose Notes: Part one of a four part story (continues in the Nightwing and Flamebird story later in this issue). This is the first time Superman and Jimmy Olsen meet Van-Zee and Ak-Var who have taken over their Nightwing and Flamebird identities.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Superman Family Circle
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: L-873
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Mike White, Susan Murrie, B. Thon, Tommy Krasker, and Robert Bruce Braley.
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The Death Angel from Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Tex Blaisdell
Colorist(s): Jean McMillan
Letterer(s): Morris Waldinger
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent]; Steve Lombard (cameo); Rolax (alien); Argon (Alien)
Synopsis: Superman is tricked by Argon into taking a sample of a plague to Argon's forces on a distant world.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Pocketbook #3 published January 1978
as The Death Angel from Earth [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Taschenbuch #12 published January 1978
as Der Todesengel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-4982
Disclose Notes: Story continues in next issue.
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The Mutant Menace of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom DeFalco
Penciller(s): Win Mortimer
Inker(s): Bob Wiacek
Colorist(s): Mario Sen
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Marv Leonard; Wolf Weinman; The Human Cannonball; Dave Stevens; Tina Ames; Professor Phineas Potter; Superman [Clark Kent] (Flashback Cameo)
Synopsis: Professor Potter accidentally turns Tina Ames into a monster that Lois and The Human Cannonball must stop.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #14/1978 published June 1978
as Mutationsmonstrum von Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-4975
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Ridin' the Rails

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Toomey
Penciller(s): Juan Ortiz
Inker(s): Juan Ortiz
Colorist(s): Mario Sen
Letterer(s): Clem Robins
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Krypto
Character(s): Krypto; Ed Lacy; Otis Cribble (Hobo)
Synopsis: Krypto and Ed Lacy help a derailed train get back on the tracks.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #13/1978 published June 1978
as Gute Reise [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: J-4958
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Here There Be... Giants!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Kupperberg
Penciller(s): Ken Landgraf
Inker(s): Romeo Tanghal
Colorist(s): Jean McMillan
Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nightwing and Flamebird
Character(s): Nightwing [Superman]; Nightwing [Van-Zee]; Flamebird [Jimmy Olsen]; Flamebird [Ak-Var]; Sor-El; Sylvia (Van-Zee's wife); Lyle (Van-Zee's son); Lili (Van-Zee's daughter); Dara Bel-Ne
Synopsis: Superman, Jimmy, and Nightwing and Flamebird stop the sepratists and rescue Van-Ze's family.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: The Adventures of Nightwing and Flamebird #[nn] published December 2009
as Here There Be... Giants! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: J-4992
Disclose Notes: Part two of a four part story (continues from Jimmy Olsen story, continues in Supergirl story).
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Kandor vs. Supergirl!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris
Penciller(s): Jack Abel
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): Jean McMillan
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Supergirl
Character(s): Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superman [Clark Kent]; Jimmy Olsen; Van-Zee; Ak-Var; Ro-Lar (Kryptonian judge); Shyla Kor-Onn; Fred Danvers; Zor-El; Lucas "Snapper" Carr; Lex Luthor (flashback)
Synopsis: Supergirl is charged with being a criminal and helping Lex Luthor by Kandorian courts. She is sentenced to the Phantom Zone.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #27 published January 1978
as Kandor gegen Supergirl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: J-4961
Disclose Notes: Part three of a four part story (continues from Nightwing and Flamebird story in this issue, continues in next issue's Supergirl story).
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Superman Movie Report 2

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Gold
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman Movie Report
Character(s): Superman (photo of Christopher Reeves)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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