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SUPERMAN FAMILY #194
Cover Date: March-April 1978
Cover Price: $1.00
Publication Date: 1978-12-12
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Ross Andru (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
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Credits:
- E. Nelson Bridwell (script)
- Kurt Schaffenberger (art)
- E. Nelson Bridwell (edits)
Comment(s):
- Table of Contents, inside front cover.
Credits:
| Story | Tom DeFalco |
| Art | Joe Staton |
| Lettering | Gaspar Saladino |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Superboy (in between Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #249 and #250)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jonathan Kent (in between issues #192 and #196)
- Martha Kent (in between issues #192 and #195)
- Lana Lang (in between issues #193 and #195)
- Lewis Lang (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #177/2; next in New Adventures of Superboy #2)
- Pete Ross (last in issue #192; next in New Adventures of Superboy #1)
Villain(s):
- Garok (formerly "Gary," a friend of Superboy's when he was a toddler; last in Superboy Vol. 1 #187/2)
- a demonic creature (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- Smallville High students
Location(s):
- Tibet
- Kunlun Mountains
- United States of America
Credits:
| Story | Paul Kupperberg |
| Art | Marshall Rogers |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Nightwing (last in issue #193/6; next in Superman Vol. 1 #338)
- Flamebird (last in issue #193/6)
Supporting Character(s):
- Don-El (last in issue #192/7; next in Superman Vol. 1 #337)
Villain(s):
- The Crime-Lord of Kandor (revealed as Jur-Ll; see Comments; last in issue #193/6; also in flashbacks to earliest chronological appearance, preceding issue #189/5; dies)
- the Crime-Lord's henchmen
Other Character(s):
- Kryptonians from another dimension (first appearance; in flashbacks; see Comments)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2813
- Space Sector 2814
- another dimension
- Space Sector 2813
- Krypton (in flashback; see Comments)
Comment(s):
- Jur-Ll was originally presented as from "another dimension," this was later retconned to have been the pre-Crisis universe of Earth-3 in Crisis on Infinite Earths: Absolute Edition (November 2005)
- This is the final Nightwing and Flamebird feature in Superman Family.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Bottle City of Kandor ([December] 2007)
- Superman: The Adventures of Nightwing and Flamebird ([December] 2009)
Credits:
| Story | Tom DeFalco |
| Pencils | John Calnan |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #333; next in Brave and the Bold #150)
- Lois Lane (last in issue #192/6; next in DC Comics Presents #8)
Guest Star(s):
- Superman (last in issue #192/6; next in DC Comics Presents #8)
- Speedy (last in issue #193/2; next in Brave and the Bold #149)
- Newsboy Legion II (last in issue #193/2; final pre-Crisis appearance; next post-Crisis appearance in Superman Annual Vol. 2 #2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Dubbilex (last in issue #193/2; final pre-Crisis appearance; next post-Crisis appearance in Superman Annual Vol. 2 #2)
- Human Cannonball (last in issue #193/3)
- Dave Stevens (last in issue #193/3; next in Superman Vol. 1 #337)
- Tina Ames (last in issue #193/3)
Villain(s):
- Adam II (last in issue #193/2; next in Justice League of America #250)
- Jimmy Olsen clones (all die)
- Justice League clones (all die)
- Black Canary (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #111)
- Flash (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #111)
- Green Arrow (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #111)
- Green Lantern (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #111)
- Hawkman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #111)
- Superman (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #111)
- Wonder Woman
- The Master (in shadow only; last in flashback in New Adventures of Superboy #49/2; next in Adventure Comics #484)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Kalibak (in flashback to New Gods Vol. 1 #18)
- Orion (in flashback to New Gods Vol. 1 #18)
Location(s):
- Fortress of Solitude
- Metropolis
- Metropolis General Hospital
- Project Cadmus
Comment(s):
- This story is continued from issue #193/3.
Credits:
| Story | Scott Edelman |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Supergirl (last in Brave and the Bold #147; next in issue #195/6)
Guest Star(s):
- Snapper Carr (in between issues #192/2 and #195/6)
Supporting Character(s):
- Fred Danvers (last in issue #189/6; next in Brave and the Bold #160)
Villain(s):
- Professor Martin (first appearance; a Sociology instructor who creates a harness that is fueled by hate giving the wearer superpowers)
- a Superboy robot (possessed by an energy being; next in issue #195/6)
- An unnamed energy being (in between issues #193/4 and #195/6)
Other Character(s):
- New Athens students (Bert Fisher, Rich Hodgins, Mark and Juliet named)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Elastic Crook (image)
- Electric Man (image)
- Invisible Rogue (image)
- Gravity Lord (image)
- Gravitron Man (image)
- Klax-Ar (image)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story continues, in part, in the next issue.