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SUPERMAN FAMILY #188
Cover Date: March-April 1978
Cover Price: $1.00
Publication Date: 1977-12-20
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: José Luis García-López (signed)
Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Tom DeFalco |
| Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
| Inks | Tex Blaisdell |
| Lettering | Shelly Leferman |
| Colors | Cornelia Adams |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #483; next in the fifth story in this issue)
Guest Star(s):
- Superman (last in DC Special Series #11; next in the fifth story in this issue)
- Nightwing (last in issue #187/5; next in the fifth story in this issue)
- Flamebird (last in issue #187/5; next in the fifth story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- Sylvia Van-Zee (last in issue #186/5; next in the fifth story in this issue)
- Lili Van-Zee (last in issue #186/5; next in the fifth story in this issue)
- Lyle-Zee (last in issue #186/5; next in the fifth story in this issue)
Villain(s):
- Kandorian Separatists (next in the fifth story in this issue)
Other Character(s):
- Dev-Re (last in issue #187/5)
- Dara Bel-Ne (first appearance; Kandorian candidate; creator of a blood substitute comparable with all blood types)
- Ken-Lar (first appearance; saved by Dara Bel_ne's blood substitute)
- Par-Sa (first appearance; saved by Dara Bel_ne's blood substitute)
Location(s):
Credits:
| Story | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
| Inks | Tex Blaisdell |
| Lettering | Morris Waldinger |
| Colors | Jean McMillan |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (in between issues #189 and #189/2; turned into a planet sized giant by red kryptonite; see Comments)
Supporting Character(s):
- Steve Lombard (last in Action Comics #483; next in All-New Collectors' Edition #C-58)
Villain(s):
- Argon (first appearance; an alien revolutionary, posing as a physician; also in flashback)
- Sunworld Guerilla Force One (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- Rolax (first appearance; also in flashback)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Sunworld III (first appearance)
Comment(s):
- Per footnotes, Superman was last affected by Red K in Justice League of America #137. The presence of White Kryptonite with the Red K appears to have created a rare, duplicated effect in that Superboy had been turned into a giant in Adventure Comics #270 and a non-powered giant in Action Comics #325.
- This story continues in the next issue.
Credits:
| Story | Tom DeFalco |
| Pencils | Win Mortimer |
| Inks | Bob Wiacek |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Colors | Mario Sen |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #483; next in issue #189)
Supporting Character(s):
- Human Cannonball (Ryan Chase; first appearance)
- Phineas Potter (in between issues #187/2 and #189/3)
- Dave Stevens (in between issues #187/3 and #189)
- Tina Ames (tempoarily transformed into a rampaging energy creature; in between issues #187/3 and #189/3)
Villain(s):
- Marv Leonard (first appearance; a member of the Metropolis Anti-Crime Commission, accepting bribes)
- Wolf Weinman (first appearance; a gambling czar; next in issue #189/3)
- his bodyguard (first appearance)
- other syndicate members
Other Character(s):
- a doctor
- citizens of Metropolis
Cameo Appearance(s):
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- 'Lois Lane's apartment (see Comments)
- Metropolis General Hospital
Comment(s):
- Lois’s home address is given as 922 Oak Hill.
- This story takes place at roughly the same time as the first and fifth stories in this issue.
Credits:
| Story | Bob Toomey |
| Art | Juan Ortiz |
| Lettering | Clem Robins |
| Colors | Mario Sen |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Other Character(s):
- Otis Cribble (first appearance; a hobo)
- other unnamed hobos
Location(s):
- Oregon
Comment(s):
- To prevent Krypto from being recognized as "Jocko," Ed Lacy renames him "Kapper."
Credits:
| Story | Paul Kupperberg |
| Pencils | Ken Landgraf |
| Inks | Romeo Tanghal |
| Lettering | Shelly Leferman |
| Colors | Jean McMillan |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Nightwing (in between the first story and the sixth story in this issue)
- Flamebird (in between the first story and the sixth story in this issue)
Guest Star(s):
- Superman (as Nightwing; last in the first story in this issue; next in the sixth story in this issue)
- Jimmy Olsen (as Flamebird; last in the first story in this issue; next in the sixth story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- Sylvia Van-Zee (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #192/7)
- Lili Van-Zee (last in the the first story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #414)
- Lyle-Zee (last in the the first story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #414)
Villain(s):
- Kandorian Separatists (last in the first story in this issue)
- Sor-El (last in the first story in this issue)
- Har-Lo (last in the first story in this issue)
- other unnamed members (last in the first story in this issue)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story continues from the first story in this issue and continues in part in the sixth story in this issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Adventures of Nightwing and Flamebird ([October] 2009)
Credits:
| Story | Jack C. Harris |
| Pencils | Jack Abel |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Colors | Jean McMillan |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
Guest Star(s):
- Superman (last in the fifth story in this issue; next in issue #189/6)
- Jimmy Olsen (as Flamebird; last in the fifth story in this issue; next in issue #189/6)
- Nightwing (last in the fifth story in this issue; next in issue #189/5)
- Flamebird (last in the fifth story in this issue; next in issue #189/5)
Supporting Character(s):
- Fred Danvers (in between issues #187/6 and #189/6)
- Zor-El (in between issues #187/6 and #189/6)
- Snapper Carr (in between issues #187/6 and #189/6)
Villain(s):
- Shyla Kor-Onn (last in issue #183; also in flashbacks)
Other Character(s):
- Ro-Lar (first appearance; a Kryptonian judge or "Imperium")
- a prosecutor
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Lex Luthor (in flashback)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story is continued in the next issue.