The Superman Family #190 for Sale - First Appearance of Mark Olsen - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series)
Issue: #190
Publication date: July-August 1978
Key date: 1978-07-00
On-sale date: 1978-04-18
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.00
Pages: 84
Barcode: 0709893159908
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Mark Olsen - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Guardian - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Crime-Lord of Kandor - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Jur-Ll - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ed Lacy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Rich Buckler; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood	Ak-Var, Flamebird, Krypto, Lois Lane, Nightwing, Jimmy Olsen, Supergirl, Superman, Van-Zee, Kara Zor-El, Clark Kent
1	The Museum of Eternity	table of contents	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Tex Blaisdell	Kara Zor-El, Flamebird, Clark Kent, Krypto, Lois Lane, Nightwing, Jimmy Olsen, Supergirl, Superman, Ak-Var, Van-Zee
2	The Museum of Eternity, Chapter One: Somebody Stole My Town!	comic story	13	script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Tex Blaisdell; colors: Mario Sen; letters: Clem Robins	Big Words, Mal Duncan, Flippa Dippa, Gabby, Dick Grayson, The Guardian First, Roy Harper, Kid Flash, Jimmy Olsen, Mark Olsen First, Robin, Scrapper, Speedy, Tommy
3	-	letters page	2	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger
4	The Museum of Eternity, Chapter II: Doorways in the Sky	comic story	8	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Dan Adkins; colors: Mario Sen; letters: Shelly Leferman	Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman, Tex N. Thomas, TNT, Ak-Var, Van-Zee
6	The Museum of Eternity, Chapter 3: Captives at the Edge of Forever!	comic story	12	script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Frank Chiaramonte; colors: Mario Sen; letters: Jean Simek	Flamebird, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Nightwing, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, Tex N. Thomas, TNT, Ak-Var, Van-Zee
7	The Museum of Eternity, Chapter Four: A Cage of Light!	comic story	8	script: Bob Toomey; pencils: Juan Ortiz; inks: Juan Ortiz; colors: Mario Sen; letters: Jean Simek	Flamebird, Clark Kent, Krypto, Lois Lane, Nightwing, Jimmy Olsen, Superman, Ak-Var, Van-Zee
8	The Museum of Eternity, Chapter 5: Fight with the Phantom Zone Fiends	comic story	10	script: Paul Kupperberg; pencils: Ken Landgraf; inks: Romeo Tanghal; colors: Mario Sen; letters: Todd Klein	Crime-Lord of Kandor First, Don-El, Kru-El, Flamebird, Clark Kent, Jur-Ll First, Nightwing, Superman, Jax-Ur, Professor Va-Kox, Ak-Var, Van-Zee, General Zod
9	Museum of Eternity! Chapter Six: Finale!	comic story	12	script: Jack C. Harris; pencils: Jack Abel; inks: Frank Giacoia; colors: Mario Sen; letters: Shelly Leferman	Alura, Jimmy Carter, Kara Zor-El, Morgan Edge, Kru-El, Zor-El, Flamebird, Clark Kent, Krypto, Ed Lacy First, Lois Lane, Nightwing, Jimmy Olsen, Mark Olsen First
10	Christopher Reeve	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); letters: typeset	Clark Kent, Superman

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Superman: The Adventures of Nightwing and Flamebird #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-2525-4	2009	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #18927 of 59#191 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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