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Issue: The Superman Family #196
Publication Date: July 1979
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Issues: #196 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: 04/10/1979
Volume: 26
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893159908
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #167.
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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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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
Character(s): 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)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Job Number: S-3140
Disclose Notes: Wraparound cover.
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Superman Family Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
Character(s): 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]
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3154
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Shadow of Jor-El!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #23/1979 published October 1979
as Der Schatten von Jor-El [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #5 published May 1980
as The Shadow of Jor-El! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: S-3137
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Good Health -- It's Killing Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #6/1980 published January 1980
as Wer schön sein will, muss sterben! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: S-3118
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Super-Disco Fever

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #4/1980 published February 1980
as Super-Disco-Fieber [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3021
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Case of the Curious Castaway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #27/1979 published December 1979
as Geheimnisvoller Schiffbruch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: S-3119
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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Editor of the Star

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #1/1980 published January 1980
as Das Knüller-Rennen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3114
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

This is an Earth-2 story.
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Displaced Double Identity

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): 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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGrüne Leuchte #12/1979 published December 1979
as Die doppelte Tarnexistenz [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: S-3156
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3145
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.

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