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Issue: The Superman Family #198
Publication Date: November 1979
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Issues: #198 of 59 Issues (78 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/07/1979
Volume: 26
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0709893159912
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #171.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound (#164-176); Saddle-stitched (#177-222)
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): José Luis García-López (signed)
Inker(s): José Luis García-López (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Todd Klein
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Supergirl; Superboy; Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane; Mr. & Mrs. Superman
Character(s): Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Clark Kent (Earth-2); Lois Lane (Earth-2)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3204
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.
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Challenge of the Green K-tastrophe!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): Gene D'Angelo
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superboy
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]; "Marbles"; Sedgeworth Wenton; Chief Parker; Lana Lang
Synopsis: Mr. Wenton has invented synthetic liquid Green Kryptonite. He travels to Smallville to ask Superboy to test it but criminals discover his plans and kidnap him and the Green Kryptonite.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman Superband #14 published January 1980
as Grüner "K" aus der Retorte! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #3/1980 published January 1980
as Den grønne k-atastrofen [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWundergirl #2/1983 published February 1983
as Göttin aus der Hölle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Job Number: S-3181
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Clark and Lana are travelling by train to a Beatles concert. Last Superboy in Superman Family; his stories continue in The New Adventures of Superboy.
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The Leaning Tower of Metropolis!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cary Bates
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Dave Hunt
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Milt Snapinn
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. & Mrs. Superman
Character(s): Superman [Clark Kent] (Earth-2); Ella Lane (Lois Lane's mother); Lois Lane (Earth-2); Colonel Future; Jimmy Olsen (Earth-2)
Synopsis: Colonel Future tries to destroy the Daily Star building. Clark must make sure he stops Colonel Future without revealing his secret identity to his mother-in-law.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #2/1980 published January 1980
as Der Schiefe Turm von Metropolis [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: S-3158
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Earth-2 story.
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Green Lantern vs Triclops Three-Eyed Keeper of the Cave

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Curt Swan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Green Lantern; Hostess Twinkies
Character(s): Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Triclops
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Phantom of the Opry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): John Calnan
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen
Character(s): Jimmy Olsen; Hank Rogers (country music singer); Barbara Bench; Winston J. Cartwright; Perry White; Lois Lane; Stella; Catherine Sloan St. James; Penny Sue Klemmer
Synopsis: Jimmy Olsen must figure out who is trying to destroy the Metropolis Opry House.
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In Content Item: FlagSuperman #12/1984 published June 1984
as Das Phantom in der Oper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #13/1984 published June 1984
as Das Phantom in der Oper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: S-3184
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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The Riddle of the Runaway Rocket!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gerry Conway
Penciller(s): Bob Oksner
Inker(s): Vince Colletta
Colorist(s): Jerry Serpe
Letterer(s): Shelly Leferman
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane
Character(s): Lois Lane; Regine Williams; Bobbi; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Wani; Louie
Synopsis: Lois Lane investigates a Roller Derby team that skates inhumanly fast.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSupermann #4/1980 published January 1980
as Skøyteløperen som løp løpsk [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #13/1984 published June 1984
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #14/1984 published July 1984
as Das Rätsel der rasenden Rollschuhe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Job Number: S-3185
Disclose Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): E. Nelson Bridwell
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Superman Family Circle
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: S-3210
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The Cosmic Abduction!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack C. Harris
Penciller(s): Don Heck
Inker(s): Joe Giella
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Ben Oda
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Supergirl
Character(s): Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Brad Reynolds (science fiction writer); Peter Barton; Valerie Myles; Ralph Painter
Synopsis: When Brad Reynolds, a famous Science Fiction writer, disappears off a full plane in mid-flight Supergirl must determine what happened.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #2/1981 published January 1981
as Kidnapping i Kosmos [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: S-3183

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