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SUPERMAN FAMILY #197
Cover Date: September-October 1979
Cover Price: $1.00
Publication Date: 1979-06-05
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Cover Credits:
Art: José Luis García-López (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Lettering | Ben Oda |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Superboy (last in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #255; next in DC Comics Presents #14)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jonathan Kent (last in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #255; next in New Adventures of Superboy #1)
- Martha Kent (last in issue #195; next in New Adventures of Superboy #1)
Villain(s):
- Klaxxu (first appearance; an alien posing as high school teacher Philip Mason, secretly an Aryllan dictator)
Other Character(s):
- citizens of Smallville
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Aryll (first mentioned)
Credits:
| Story | Cary Bates |
| Pencils | Kurt Schaffenberger |
| Inks | Dave Hunt |
| Lettering | Albert De Guzman |
| Colors | Adrienne Roy |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Clark Kent (last in Action Comics #499; next in the third story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- May Marigold (on the telephone)
Villain(s):
- two criminals attempting to kill Clark Kent (first appearance of both)
Other Character(s):
- Samantha (first appearance; a mynah bird)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- Best of DC #5/7 (May-June 1980)
Credits:
| Story | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Bob Oksner |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Lettering | Shelly Leferman |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Lois Lane (last in Action Comics #499; next in DC Comics Presents #14)
Guest Star(s):
- Superman (last in the second story in this issue; next in World of Krypton #1)
Supporting Character(s):
- Lana Lang (last in Action Comics #499; next in Superman Vol. 1 #340)
Villain(s):
- Rosa Redmark (first appearance; kidnaps runaways and extorts their parents for money)
- her gang members (first appearance of all; Madge named)
Other Character(s):
- Timothy Swift (first appearance; a Daily Planet employee)
- Betty Swift (first appearance; his wife)
- Sandra Swift (first appearance; their daughter; a runaway kidnapped by Rosa Redmark and her gang)
- other Daily Plent staff
- six other runaway girls (first appearance of all)
Location(s):
- Metropolis
- Riverview, NY (a town in upstate New York)
Credits:
| Story | Gerry Conway |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Colors | Jerry Serpe |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #499; next in DC Comics Presents #14)
Supporting Character(s):
- Morgan Edge (last in Action Comics #498; next in Superman Vol. 1 #339)
- Perry White (last in Action Comics #499; next in DC Comics Presents #14
Villain(s):
- Thornton (first appearance; designer of the Galaxy Building's computer system; seeks to avenge the loss of his patent by killing Morgan Edge and his employees)
- Chester (first appearance; a henchman)
- Leroy (first appearance; a henchman)
- Prentiss (first appearance; a henchman)
Other Character(s):
- Kelsy (first appearance; a former henchman)
- a supply clerk
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story takes place in the spring.
Credits:
| Story | Jack C. Harris |
| Pencils | Don Heck |
| Inks | Joe Giella |
| Lettering | Todd Klein |
| Colors | Gene D'Angelo |
| Associate editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Julius Schwartz |
Feature Character(s):
- Supergirl (last in Justice League of America #170; next in issue #198/5)
Supporting Character(s):
- Peter Barton (first appearance; next in issue #198/5)
- Valerie Myles (in between issues #196/6 and #198/5)
Villain(s):
- Theodore Marshall (first appearance; grandson of Thomas Marshall; gained the power of timetravel and possesses the ability to shift the age of a touched object forward or back in time; also appears in flashbacks; inadvertently aged back to a baby)
Other Character(s):
- Thomas Marshall (first appearance; in flashback; an actor in 1879)
- Hector Mandala (first appearance; an actor in 1879; dies)
- various citizens in 1879, 1905, 1929, and 1954
Location(s):