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SUPERMAN FAMILY #196
Cover Date: July-August 1979
Cover Price: $1.00
Publication Date: 1979-04-10
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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)
Comment(s):
- Inside front cover.
Credits:
| Story | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Joe Staton |
| Inks | Frank Chiaramonte |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superboy (in between Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #252 and #253; also in flashback, last/next in ???)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jonathan Kent (last in issue #195; next in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #255)
- Jor-El (in flashback in Superboy's memories; last in flashback in Action Comics #506; next in flashback in New Adventures of Superboy #17)
Other Character(s):
- Riy-Ul (first appearance; in flashback; an acquaintance of Jor-El's)
- an unnamed Kryptonian
- citizens of Smallville (Henry, Mabel, Mrs. Burton named)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2813
- Krypton
- Kryptonopolis (in flashback)
- Krypton
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Echobox Canyon (first appearance; 50 miles north of Smallville)
- Smallville
- Marleyville (first mention; home of Martha's sister)
- Earth
Story Reprinted in:
- Best of DC #5/4 (May-June 1980)
Credits:
| Story | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Bob Oksner |
| Inks | Frank McLaughlin |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #497; next in DC Comics Presents #12)
Supporting Character(s):
- Perry White (last in Action Comics #497; next in the fourth story in this issue)
- Morgan Edge (last in Superman Vol. 1 #337; next in Action Comics #498)
- Clark Kent (last in Action Comics #497; next in the third story in this issue)
Villain(s):
- Bianca Van Dyke (first appearance; famed for Van Dyke Cosmetics; uses a health club as a cover to swindle money from clients)
- robot staff of the Pounds A-Weigh Health Farm (first appearance for all; Mark Hubbard, Madge Hubbard and Gretel named; all destroyed)
Other Character(s):
- Emmet Thurston (first appearance; a GBS stockholder)
- guests at the Pounds A-Weigh Health Farm
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Pounds A-Weigh Health Farm (first appearance; somewhere outside of Metropolis)
Credits:
| Story | Cary Burkett |
| Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
| Inks | Dan Adkins |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Lettering | Jean Simek |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in DC Comics Presents #12)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #497; next in the fourth story in this issue)
- Josh Coyle (last in issue #195/3; next in Action Comics #498)
Villain(s):
- An arsonist (first appearance; working for Disco Palace)
Other Character(s):
- Ed Peters
- Terri Cross (last in Action Comics #477/2; next in issue #213/3)
- members of the Clark Kent Fan Club
Location(s):
Credits:
| Story | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | John Calnan |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Lettering | Albert De Guzman |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (also in flashback; last in the third story in this issue; next in DC Comics Presents #12)
Supporting Character(s):
- Perry White (in flashback; last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #338)
Villain(s):
- LeLoup and his men (first appearance for all; pirates operating on an uncharted island in the Caribbean; Bennie named)
Other Character(s):
- Miranda Halton (first appearance; in flashback; Jimmy's former babysitter)
- Lucy Halton (first appearance; Miranda's sister; attempting an around-the-world balloon voyage; shot down by LeLoup's men)
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- WGBS Building
- Daily Planet (in flashback)
- WGBS Building
- An unnamed island in the Caribbean
Credits:
| Story | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Lettering | Todd Klein |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (becomes the Daily Star's Managing Editor; in between issues #195/2 and #198/2)
- Lois Lane (in between issues #195/2 and #198/2)
Supporting Character(s):
- George Taylor (retires; last in Action Comics #484; next in issue #209/2)
- Perry White (last/next in ???)
Villain(s):
- Mr. Ace (first appearance; Judge Alder; mugged years ago and develops amnesia and becomes an underworld boss)
- "Ratso" Malone (first appearance)
- other unidentified criminals
Location(s):
Credits:
| Story | Jack C. Harris |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Bob Smith |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Lettering | Shelly Leferman |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Supergirl (last in Action Comics #496; next in Superman Vol. 1 #338)
Supporting Character(s):
- Valerie Myles (first appearance; a new teacher at New Athens; due to the effects of an alien gem, temporarily believes she is Supergirl; next in issue #197/5)
Villain(s):
- Gyronaut (Bert; first appearance; costume has a gyroscopic propeller on his helmet)
- Ernie (first appearance; operates the Gyronaut's suit by remote control)
Other Character(s):
- citizens of Santa Augusta
Location(s):
- Santa Augusta, FL