Unofficial Superman Family Index

SUPERMAN FAMILY #187

Cover Date: January-February 1978
Cover Price: $1.00
Publication Date: 1977-10-18

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Cover Credits:
Art: José Luis García-López (signed)

Feature: "Superman Family Newsstand" (1 Pages) Table of Contents

Credits:

E. Nelson Bridwell (script)

Kurt Schaffenberger (art)

E. Nelson Bridwell (edits)

Story: "The Dealers of Death" (13 Pages) Jimmy Olsen

Credits:

Story	Tom DeFalco
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Joe Orlando
Lettering	Ben Oda
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Editing	E. Nelson Bridwell

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (also as Elastic Lad; last in issue #186; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Dave Stevens (last in Superman Vol. 1 #289; next in the third story in this issue)

Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #317; next in the third story in this issue)

Perry White (last in issue #186/3; next in the third story in this issue)

Tina Ames (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #119; next in the third story in this issue)

Meg Tempest (last in Superman Vol. 1 #280/2; next in issue #189)

Percy Bratton (last in Superman Vol. 1 #306; next in issue #189)

Villain(s):

Reverend Sun (Joshua Bartlow; first appearance; last in a flashback in the third story in this issue; next in the third story in this issue; a millionaire fnatic who worships the sum)

Bugsy O’Neil (first appearance; a crime broker)

"The Cowboy" (first appearance; an assassin)

the Exterminator (first appearance; next in the third story in this issue)

Guest Appearance(s):

Superman (in between panels 3 and 4 of page 8 of the second story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

a police officer

an ambulance crew

Location(s):

Metropolis

Metropolis General Hospital

WGBS Building

Daily Planet

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Second Story: "A Phoenix of Steel!" (8 Pages) Superman

Credits:

Story	Gerry Conway
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Jack Abel
Lettering	Ben Oda
Colors	Anthony Tollin
Editing	E. Nelson Bridwell

Feature Character(s):

Superman (temporarily merged with his counterpart Superman; last in issue #186/2; appears in the first story in between panels 3 and 4 of page 8; also in flashback; next in the third story in this issue

Guest Star(s):

Superman of Earth-2 (temporarily merged with his counterpart Superman; last in issue #186/2; next in All-Star Comics #69; also in flashback)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in issue #186; next in the first story in this issue)

Phineas Potter (in between issues #186/2 and #188/3)

Villain(s):

Krogg (last in issue #186/2; also in flashback; returned to his interdimensional prison)

Other Character(s):

military forces (nationality not certain)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jimmy Olsen of Earth-2 (in flashback to issue #186/2)

Location(s):

Earth-One

unidentified location

Grand Canyon

JLA Satellite

Comment(s):

This story is continued from the previous issue.

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Third Story: "The Destruction of the Temple" (12 Pages) Lois Lane

Credits:

Story	Tom DeFalco
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Joe Giella
Lettering	Todd Klein
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Editing	E. Nelson Bridwell

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #477/2)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #477/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the second story in this issue; next in Action Comics #478)

Perry White (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #478)

Dave Stevens (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #188/3)

Tina Ames (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #188/3)

Meg Tempest (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #189)

Percy Bratton (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #189)

Villain(s):

the Exterminator (last in the first story in this issue)

Reverend Sun (last in the first story in this issue; also in flashback to earliest chronological appearance)

Other Character(s):

Wilson Farr (last in Joker #8)

Fred Clayton (first appearance; assistant director of the Ra Institute)

Susan Barlow (first appearance; estranged wife of Reverend Sun)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Ra Institute

Metropolis

WGBS Building

Daily Planet

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Fourth Story: "Double Trouble!" (8 Pages) Krypto

Credits:

Story	Bob Toomey
Art	John Calnan
Lettering	Morris Waldinger
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Editing	E. Nelson Bridwell

Feature Character(s):

Krypto (in between issues #186/4 and #188/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Ed Lacy (in between issues #186/4 and #188/4)

Other Character(s):

Chelsea

Cuddles (first appearance; a dog)

Jerome "Creepy" Crawly (first appearance; studio publicity chief of Canine Pictures)

Mary Jo (first appearance; sister of Ed Lacy; requests his help clearing the name of her son, Tommy Underhill)

Max (first appearance; a dog hired to play Krypto's stunt double)

various film staff

Location(s):

Hollywood, CA

Comment(s):

Canine Pictures begins filming "The Adventures of Krypto."

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Fifth Story: "Battle with the Bizarro Brain!" (10 Pages) Nightwing and Flamebird

Credits:

Story	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Ken Landgraf
Inks	Romeo Tanghal
Lettering	John Workman
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Editing	E. Nelson Bridwell

Feature Character(s):

Nightwing (in between issues #186/5 and #188)

Flamebird (in between issues #186/5 and #188)

Supporting Character(s):

Dev-Re (last in World's Finest Comics #240; next in issue #188)

Villain(s):

weather control (running a Bizarro-altered program)

robotic guards

Weather Control

Story Reprinted in:

Superman: The Adventures of Nightwing and Flamebird ([October] 2009)

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Sixth Story: "Birthright of Power!" (12 Pages) Supergirl

Credits:

Story	Jack C. Harris
Pencils	Don Heck
Inks	Bob Smith
Lettering	Milt Snapinn
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Editing	E. Nelson Bridwell

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (in between issues #186/6 and #188/6)

Supporting Character(s):

Fred Danvers (in between issues #186/6 and #188/6)

Edna Danvers (last/next in ???)

Zor-El (in between issues #186/6 and #188/6)

Alura Zor-El (last/next in ???)

Snapper Carr (last in Justice League of America #150; next in issue #188/6)

Villain(s):

Klax-Ar (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #67/3; also in flashbacks to origin)

Lesla-Lar (as a disembodied intelligence; in between issues #186/6 and #188/6)

The Visitors

Elastic Crook (last in issue #186/6)

Electric Man (last in issue #186/6)

Invisible Rogue (last in issue #186/6)

unidentified alien prisoners

a Superboy robot (in flashback to Superboy Vol. 1 #67/3; now turned into Klax-Ar's "Super Sled" before it's destruction; next in issue #194/4)

Other Character(s):

Warden Sargoes (first appearance)

the crew of a Xudarian space cruiser (first heard; voices only)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Superboy (in flashback to Superboy Vol. 1 #67/3)

an unidentified alien race (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Midvale

New York, NY

Unidentified Space Sector(s)

Kronis

an unidentified planet (in flashback)

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