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187January-February 1978
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The Superman Family #187

DC · January-February 1978 · on sale 1977-10-18

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Identification plate

Series
The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series)
Issue
#187
Publication date
January-February 1978
Key date
1978-01-00
On-sale date
1977-10-18
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$1.00
Pages
84
Barcode
0709893159902
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: José Luis García-López; inks: José Luis García-LópezSuperman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Krypto; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Nightwing [Van-Zee]; Flamebird [Ak-Var]
2Superman Family Newsstandtable of contents1script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger
3The Dealers of Deathcomic story13script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Joe Orlando; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ben Oda
4-letters page2script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger
5A Phoenix of Steel!comic story8script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Jack Abel; colors: Anthony Tollin; letters: Ben Oda
6The Destruction of the Templecomic story12script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Joe Giella; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Todd Klein
7Double Trouble!comic story8script: Bob Toomey; pencils: John Calnan; inks: John Calnan; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Morris Waldinger
8Battle with the Bizarro Brain!comic story10script: Paul Kupperberg; pencils: Ken Landgraf; inks: Romeo Tanghal; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: John Workman
9Birthright of Power!comic story12script: Jack C. Harris; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Bob Smith; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Milt SnapinnSupergirl; Klax-Ar; Wardon Sargoes; Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Zor-El; Alura Zor-El; Lucas "Snapper" Carr (cameo, unnamed); Superboy (in flashback); Superboy robot (in flashback)
10The Great Superman Movie Contest Winnerspromo (ad from the publisher)0.67script: Mike Gold
11Number 26 Marshall Rogersin-house column0.33script: Jack C. Harris

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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CollectionYear
Superman: The Adventures of Nightwing and Flamebird #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-2525-4		2009On eBay ›
Adventures of Superman: José Luis García-López #2
ISBN 978-1-77950-102-8		2020On eBay ›

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Series context

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