Unofficial Superman Family Index

SUPERMAN FAMILY #184

Cover Date: July-August 1977
Cover Price: $1.00
Publication Date: 1977-04-12

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Cover Credits:
Art: Neal Adams (signed)

Feature: "The Superman Family" (1 Pages)

Credits:

John Calnan (pencils)

Jack Abel (inks)

Dennis O'Neil (edits)

Comment(s):

Table of contents.

Story: "The Visitors from the Void!" (15 Pages) Supergirl

Credits:

Story	Jack C. Harris
Pencils	Jose Delbo
Inks	Vince Colletta
Lettering	Morris Waldinger
Colors	Carl Gafford
Editing	Dennis O'Neil

Feature Character(s):

Supergirl (last in Superman Vol. 1 #315; next in issue #185/6; also in various flashbacks)

Supporting Character(s):

Betsy Lyman (in between issues #183 and #204)

Edna Danvers (also in flashbacks to six months earlier; last in Adventure Comics #406; next in issue 185/6)

Fred Danvers (also in flashbacks to six months earlier; last in Adventure Comics #406; next in issue 185/6)

Zor-El (last in ???; next in issue 185/6; also in flashbacks to Argo City)

Alura Zor-El (last in ???; next in issue 185/6; also in flashbacks to Argo City)

Villain(s):

The Visitors

Elastic Crook (last in Action Comics #280; next in issue #185/6)

Electric Man (last in Action Comics #280; next in issue #185/6)

Invisible Rogue (last in Action Comics #280; next in issue #185/6)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Kryptonians (in flashbacks)

Superman (in flashbacks)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813

Krypton

Argo City (in flashbacks)

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Midvale (also in flashbacks)

Santa Augusta

New Athens Experimental School

Survival Zone (in flashback)

Comment(s):

This story continues in the next issue.

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Second Story: "The Final Flight!" (12 Pages) Jimmy Olsen

Credits:

Story	Gerry Conway
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Tex Blaisdell
Editing	Dennis O'Neil

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (in between Action Comics #473 and #474)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #473; next in the fourth story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Morgan Edge (last in Action Comics #471; next in the fourth story in this issue)

Perry White (in between issues #183/4 and #185/3)

Villain(s):

The Dictator of Borotavia (first appearance)

Borotavian military police

two robbers (first appearance of both)

Other Character(s):

Barbara Bench (first appearance; seeks help from Jimmy Olsen; next in issue #189)

Richard Bench (first appearance; Barbara's father; Chairman of Universe Pictures)

Josef Rabinovitch (first appearance; a scientist creating a new film production system)

Laura Conway (last in issue #181; next in Action Comics #493)

Frank (first appearance; a WGBS-TV cameraman)

Marke Himmel (first appearance; a Borotavian tennis player)

Location(s):

Borotavia

United States of America

Metropolis

WGBS Building

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Third Story: "Bone of Contention" (7 Pages) Krypto

Credits:

Story	Bob Toomey
Pencils	John Calnan
Inks	Steve Mitchell
Editing	Dennis O'Neil

Feature Character(s):

Krypto (in between Superman Family #183/2 and #185/4)

Supporting Character(s):

Chelsea' (in between Superman Family #183/2 and #185/4)

Villain(s):

Mr. Parker (first appearance; a jewel smuggler, apparently working with his mother)

Other Character(s):

an unidentified professor (first appearance; eagerly awaiting delivery of a fossilised dinosaur bone)

film crew (including actrs and the director)

Location(s):

somewhere in California

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Fourth Story: "Piece of Mind" (10 Pages) Lois Lane

Credits:

Story	Bill Kunkel
Pencils	Bill Draut
Inks	Tex Blaisdell
Editing	Dennis O'Neil

Feature Character(s):

Lois Lane (also uses the identity "Lois Luce;" last in Action Comics #473; next in Superman Vol. 1 #311)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (in between the second and fifth stories in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Morgan Edge (last in the second story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #312)

Villain(s):

SKULL (in between Superman Vol. 1 #310 and #315)

"Father DeMurr" (first appearance; a SKULL leader)

Other Character(s):

Bob Marlow (first appearance; Assistant District Attorney of Metropolis; dies)

"followers" of Father DeMurr (first appearance of all; brainwashed into committing crimes; Mrs. Dunnis named)

Location(s):

Metropolis

WGBS Building

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Fifth Story: "Comes a Revolution!" (10 Pages) Nightwing and FLamebird

Credits:

Story	Paul Kupperberg
Pencils	Ken Landgraf
Inks	Romeo Tanghal
Editing	Dennis O'Neil

Feature Character(s):

Nightwing (in between issues #183/5 and #185/5)

Flamebird (in between issues #183/5 and #185/5)

Villain(s):

a Separatist assassin disguised as legendary Kryptonian archer Zim-Ra

Guest Appearance(s):

Superman (in between the fourth and sixth stories in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Kandorians (President Ner-An; Vice President Mic-Al named)

Location(s):

Fortress of Solitude

The Bottle City of Kandor

Nightcave

Comment(s):

Zim-Ra, basically a Kryptonian Green Arrow, is said to died fighting off an alien invasion hundreds of years ago.

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Story Reprinted in:

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

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Sixth Story: "The Mysterious Misdemeanors of the Prankster" (10 Pages) Superman

Credits:

Story	Martin Pasko
Pencils	Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks	Bob Smith
Colors	Jerry Serpe
Editing	Dennis O'Neil

Feature Character(s):

Superman (last in the fifth story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #311)

Supporting Character(s):

Melba Manton (last in Action Comics #464; next in issue #186/3)

Villain(s):

Prankster (last in Superman Vol. 1 #299; next in DC Comics Presents #41)

Toyman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #306; next in DC Comics Presents #39)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Honolulu and Metropolis

warden and prison guards

Location(s):

Dingle, ID

Honolulu, HI

Metropolis

Metropolis State Penitentiary

WGBS Building

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