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SUPERMAN FAMILY #186
Cover Date: November-December 1977
Cover Price: $1.00
Publication Date: 1977-08-17
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: José Luis García-López (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
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Credits:
- E. Nelson Bridwell (script)
- Kurt Schaffenberger (art)
- E. Nelson Bridwell (edits)
Credits:
| Story | John Albano |
| Pencils | Chic Stone |
| Inks | Joe Orlando |
| Lettering | Bill Morse |
| Colors | Liz Berube |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in DC Special Series #5; next in issue #187)
Guest Star(s):
- Superman (last in Batman Vol. 1 #293; next in the third story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lucy Lane (in between issues #179 and #213/5)
- Perry White (last in DC Special Series #5; next in the third story in this issue)
Villain(s):
- Mr. Caulwell (first appearance; owner of a chemical plant)
Other Character(s):
- Mrs. Westly (first appearance; "The Bug Lady")
- citizens of Crescentville (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Crescentville
- Metropolis
Credits:
| Story | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Murphy Anderson |
| Lettering | Morris Waldinger |
| Colors | Liz Berube |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in Justice League of America #150; next in issue #187/2)
Guest Star(s):
- Superman of Earth-2 (last in All-Star Comics #66; next in issue #187/2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen of Earth-2 (last in issue #222/4; next in All-Star Comics #71)
- Phineas Potter (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #124; next in issue #187/2)
Villain(s):
- Krogg (first appearance; a planetary conqueror thrown into an interdimensional void 1000 years ago by a wizard)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story continues in the next issue.
Credits:
| Story | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Win Mortimer |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Lettering | Debra Schulman |
| Colors | Liz Berube |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in DC Special Series #5; next in Superman Vol. 1 #316)
Guest Star(s):
- Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #316)
Supporting Character(s):
- Melba Manton (last in issue #184; next in Action Comics #479)
- Morgan Edge (last in DC Special Series #5; next in Superman Vol. 1 #316)
- Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #187)
Villain(s):
- Ada Baba (first appearance; "President-for-Life" dictator of Oranga)
- Baba's oldiers (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Ada Baba’s son (first appearance)
- political prisoners
Location(s):
- Democratic Republic of Oranga (first appearance; a small African nation)
- Champula (first appearance; capital city)
- Muawebe Township (first appearance)
- United States of America
Credits:
| Story | Bob Toomey |
| Pencils | Juan Ortiz |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Lettering | John Workman |
| Colors | Liz Berube |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Jack Ketch (first appearance; a former employee of Ed Lacy's; attempts to kill Ed for revenge)
Other Character(s):
- Mr. Swindlehurst (first appearance; production chief of Canine Pictures)
- Dawn (first appearance; PA at Canine Pictures)
- film crew
Location(s):
- a movie set in California
Comment(s):
- Canine Pictures is filming "Mad Dogs of Tombstone."
Credits:
| Story | Paul Kupperberg |
| Pencils | Ken Landgraf |
| Inks | Romeo Tanghal |
| Lettering | Clem Robins |
| Colors | Liz Berube |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Sylvia Van-Zee (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #78; next in issue #188)
- Lyle-Zee (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #27/2; next in issue #188)
- Lili Van-Zee (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #27/2; next in issue #188)
- Thara Gem-Zee
Villain(s):
- Blaz the Unconquerable (first appearance)
- Blaz's army (first appearance for all; warriors from different periods of time)
Other Character(s):
- Kandorians
- The Overseer (first appearance; a being from another dimension)
Location(s):
- Fortress of Solitude
- an unidentified dimension
Credits:
| Story | Jack C. Harris |
| Pencils | Alan Weiss |
| Inks | Joe Rubinstein |
| Lettering | Bill Morse |
| Colors | Liz Berube |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Fred Danvers (in between issues #185/6 and #187/6)
- Edna Danvers (in between issues #185/6 and #187/6)
- Zor-El (in between issues #185/6 and #187/6; freed from the Survival Zone)
- Alura Zor-El (in between issues #185/6 and #187/6; freed from the Survival Zone)
Villain(s):
- The Visitors
- Elastic Crook (in between issues #185/6 and #187/6)
- Electric Man (in between issues #185/6 and #187/6)
- Invisible Rogue (in between issues #185/6 and #187/6)
- Lesla-Lar (as a disembodied intelligence)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story in continued from the previous issue.