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SUPERMAN FAMILY #193
Cover Date: January-February 1979
Cover Price: $1.00
Publication Date: 1978-10-10
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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)
- Todd Klein (letters)
- E. Nelson Bridwell (edits)
Comment(s):
- Table of contents, inside front cover
Credits:
| Story | Tom DeFalco |
| Art | Joe Staton |
| Lettering | Karen Kish (as Karisha) |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Superboy (in between Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #247/2 and #248)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lana Lang (in between issues #192 and #194)
- Pete Ross (in between issues #192 and #194)
- Krypto (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #163; next in New Adventures of Superboy #10/2)
- Chief Parker (last in Adventure Comics #457; next in New Adventures of Superboy #1)
Villain(s):
- Mechanical Master (first appearance; builds machines that look like ordinary objects that help him in committing robberies)
- Martin (first appearance; his assistant)
Other Character(s):
- Miss Snaith (last in issue #191; next in New Adventures of Superboy #25)
- Three Superboy Robots
- citizens of Centerville and Smallville
Location(s):
- Centerville (first appearance; a small town near Smallville)
- Smallville
Credits:
| Story | Tom DeFalco |
| Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
| Inks | Tex Blaisdell |
| Lettering | Clem Robins |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen last in Action Comics #490; next in Superman Vol. 1 #333)
Guest Star(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Guardian
- Newsboy Legion II (in between issues #192/4 and #194/3; also in flashbacks)
- Dubbilex (last in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #146; next in issue #194/3)
Villain(s):
Location(s):
- Lake Leonia
- Carmel
- Metropolis
- Project Cadmus
Comment(s):
- This story continues from the previous issue and into the third story in this issue and the next issue.
Credits:
| Story | Tom DeFalco |
| Pencils | Win Mortimer |
| Inks | Bob Smith |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #489; next in Superman Vol. 1 #331)
Guest Star(s):
- Superman (last/next in ???)
Supporting Character(s):
- Human Cannonball (in between issues #192/6 and #194/3)
- Professor Potter (last in issue #189/3; next in Action Comics #558)
Villain(s):
Other Character(s):
- Tina Ames (transformed into living energy; in between issues #192/6 and #194/3)
- Dave Stevens (last in World's Finest Comics #252; next in issue #194/3)
- Mr. Ercoli (first appearance; a hospital patient)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story continues from last issue and into next issue.
Credits:
| Plot | Gerry Conway |
| Story | Scott Edelman |
| Pencils | Arvell Jones |
| Inks | Romeo Tanghal |
| Lettering | Mike Stevens |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Supergirl (last in issue #192/2; next in Brave and the Bold #147)
Guest Star(s):
- Doom Patrol (last in issue #192/2; next in DC Comics Presents #52)
- Robotman (last in issue #192/2; next in New Teen Titans Vol. 1 #10)
- Tempest (last in issue #192/2; next in DC Comics Presents #52)
- Celsius (last in issue #192/2; next in DC Comics Presents #52)
- Negative Woman (last in issue #192/2; next in DC Comics Presents #52)
Villain(s):
- Gravitron Man (last in issue #192/2)
- Gravity Lord (last in issue #192/2)
- a disembodied energy form (in between issues #192/2 and #194/4)
Location(s):
- London, England
Comment(s):
- This story continues directly from the previous issue.
Story Reprinted in:
- The Doom Patrol: The Bronze Age Omnibus (2019)
Credits:
| Story | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
- Superman (uses his Super-Computer to give a simulation where his parents had come to Earth first; last in Action Comics #491; next in Superman Vol. 1 #331)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- characters generated by the Probability Simulator (extrapolated from historical records)
- Jack Kent (a teenaged Jor-El, raised by the Kents; figures out that Laura is Supergirl; last in issue #192/5)
- Supergirl (Laura Clark; the teenaged Lara raised by the Clarks; fights crime as Supergirl; last in issue #192/5)
- Henry and Willa Clark (last in issue #192/5)
- Martha Clark
- Jonathan Kent
- a trio of bank robbers (fist appearance for all; Fritz named)
Location(s):
- Fortress of Solitude
- Smallville (generated by the Probability Simulator)
Comment(s):
- This story is continued in part from issue #192/5.
Credits:
| Story | Paul Kupperberg |
| Pencils | Ken Landgraf |
| Inks | Bob Oksner |
| Lettering | Karen Kish (as Karisha) |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- The Crime-Lord of Kandor (in between issues #192/7 and #194/2)
- Professor Nukt (last in issue #192/7)
- the Crime-Lord's henchmen
Location(s):
Comment(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Superman: The Adventures of Nightwing and Flamebird ([October] 2009)