Unofficial Superman Family Index

SUPERMAN FAMILY #191

Cover Date: September-October 1978
Cover Price: $1.00
Publication Date: 1978-06-20

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)

Feature: "Superman Family Welcomes Superboy" (1 Pages)

Credits:

E. Nelson Bridwell (script)

Kurt Schaffenberger (art)

Gaspar Saladino (letters)

E. Nelson Bridwell (edits)

Comment(s):

Table of contents, printed inside the front cover.

Story: "The Incredible Shrinking Town!" (10 Pages) Superboy

Credits:

Story	Tom DeFalco
Art	Joe Staton
Lettering	Clem Robins
Colors	Gene D'Angelo
Editing	E. Nelson Bridwell

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Adventure Comics #458; next in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #241)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (last in Adventure Comics #458; next in issue #192)

Jonathan Kent (last in Adventure Comics #458; next in issue #192)

Martha Kent (last in Adventure Comics #458; next in issue #192)

Jor-El (in flashback; last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

The Seeker (first appearance; also in flashback; a Kryptonian robot designed to colonize a replacement world for Krypton; destroyed)

Other Character(s):

Miss Snaith (first appearance? a history teacher; next in issue #193)

citizens of Smallville

Hil-Rá (first appearance; in flashback; a Kryptonian scientist; believing Jor-El's warnings, created the Seeker)

other Kryptonians (in flashback)

Two Superboy Robots (one destroyed)

inhabitants of an unidentified tropical island

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813

Krypton (in flashback)

Space Sector 2814

Earth

a tropical island

Smallville

321 Maple Street

Unidentified Space Sector

a red sun system

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Second Story: "The Quest for the Guardian" (9 Pages) Jimmy Olsen

Credits:

Story	Tom DeFalco
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Tex Blaisdell
Lettering	Jean Simek
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Editing	E. Nelson Bridwell

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #325; next in the fifth story in this issue; also in flashbacks)

Guest Star(s):

Mal Duncan (as Guardian; last in DC Special Series #11; next in Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant #1/6; also in flashbacks)

Karen Beecher (last in Teen Titans Vol. 1 #53; next in flashback in New Titans #56)

Newsboy Legion II (in between issues #190 and #191/5; also in flashbacks)

Gabby

Tommy

Big Words

Scrapper

Flippa Dippa

Supporting Character(s):

Barbara Bench (in between issues #189 and #198/3)

Villain(s):

Flamesplasher (both last in Teen Titans Vol. 1 #47)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Guardian (in flashbacks)

Superman (in flashbacks)

Doctor Light (in flashbacks)

Location(s):

Farmingdale, NY

Gabriel's Horn

Metropolis

Comment(s):

This story takes place in June.

This story continues into the next issue.

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Third Story: "The Hunters!" (7 Pages) Krypto

Credits:

Story	Bob Toomey
Art	Juan Ortiz
Lettering	Jean Simek
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Editing	E. Nelson Bridwell

Feature Character(s):

Krypto (in between issues #190/6 and #192/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Ed Lacy (in between issues #190/6 and #192/3)

Villain(s):

"Nails" Rivard (first appearance; an underworld gunman)

Other Character(s):

Tommy Underhill (next in issue #192/3)

two Chicago police officers

Location(s):

Chicago, IL

Comment(s):

This story continues from the previous issue and continues in the next issue.

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Fourth Story: "A Matter of Gravity" (10 Pages) Supergirl

Credits:

Story	Gerry Conway
Pencils	Arvell Jones
Inks	Romeo Tanghal
Lettering	Shelly Leferman
Colors	Gene D'Angelo
Editing	E. Nelson Bridwell

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (in between issues #191/4 and #192/2)

Guest Star(s):

Doom Patrol (last in Showcase #96; next in issue #192/2)

Robotman (last in flashback in Doom Patrol Vol. 5 #21; next in issue #192/2)

Tempest (last in Showcase #96; next in issue #192/2)

Celsius (last in Showcase #96; next in issue #192/2)

Negative Woman (last in Showcase #96; next in issue #192/2)

Villain(s):

Gravitron Man (Rudi Clement; first appearance; last in earliest chronological appearance in flashback issue #192/2; next in issue #192/2)

Gravity Lord (Martin Tain; first appearance; Clement's English relative; builds a similar suit to Clement's; ; last in earliest chronological appearance in flashback issue #192/2; next in issue #192/2)

An unnamed energy being (next in issue #192/2)

Other Character(s):

citizens of London, England

Location(s):

Santa Augusta, FL

London, England

Comment(s):

This story takes place in July.

Story originally intended for Super-Team Family #16.

This story continues in the next issue.

Story Reprinted in:

The Doom Patrol: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2019)

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Fifth Story: "The Most Precious Plunder" (9 Pages) Lois Lane

Credits:

Story	Tom DeFalco
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	John Celardo
Lettering	Milt Snapinn
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Editing	E. Nelson Bridwell

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman Vol. 1 #327; next in DC Comics Presents #3)

Supporting Character(s):

Human Cannonball (in between issues #189/3 and #191/5)

Jimmy Olsen (last in the fifth story in this issue; next in Action Comics #487)

Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #325; next in Action Comics #487)

Villain(s):

Feeny (first appearance; a crooked lawyer running a baby-selling business)

Max (first appearance; kidnaps babies; dies)

an unnamed kidnapper (first appearance)

Guest Appearance(s):

Newsboy Legion II (last in the fifth story in this issue; next in issue #192/4)

Gabby

Tommy

Big Words

Scrapper

Flippa Dippa

Other Character(s):

Billy Bradley (first appearance; a kidnapped baby)

Marie Bradley (first appearance; Billy's mother)

Mr. Bradley (first appearance; Marie's husband, Billy's father)

Wheezer (last in issue #185/3)

four other unnamed babies' (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Metropolis

WGBS Building

Daily Planet

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the summer.

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Sixth Story: "The Super-Hero Money Can't Buy!" (8 Pages) Superman

Credits:

Story	Gerry Conway
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Tex Blaisdell
Lettering	Shelly Leferman
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Editing	E. Nelson Bridwell

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in Justice League of America #158; next in DC Comics Presents #1)

Villain(s):

Hansom (first appearance; one of Kendall's incorrectly servants; seeks to kill as he believes the servants are being written out of Kendall Kent's will)

Other Character(s):

Kendall Kent (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #180/2; next in ???)

Jillian Kent (first appearance; Clark Kent’s adoptive cousin)

Location(s):

the hills of Virginia.

Comment(s):

This story takes place in the late spring.

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Seventh Story: "The Sealed Room" (10 Pages) Nightwing and Flamebird

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Nightwing (in between issues #190/6 and #192/7)

Flamebird (in between issues #190/6 and #192/7)

Supporting Character(s):

Don-El (in between issues #190/5 and #192/7)

Thara Gem-Zee (in between issues #189/5 and #192/7)

Villain(s):

Gav-Et (first appearance; a Kandorian 3-D TV host)

Kor-Am (first appearance; Director of the Master Computer Center; friend of Ak-Var's; secretly embezzling .1% of every financial transaction and working with Gav-Et to launder the payments; killed by Gav-Et)

Other Character(s):

Var-Um (first appearance; Director of the Learning Center)

Dr. Es (first appearance; a medi-examiner)

other citizens of Kandor

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude

The Bottle City of Kandor

Learning Center

Master Computer Center

Medi-Center

Story Reprinted in:

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

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