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193January-February 1979
$1.00

The Superman Family #193

DC · January-February 1979 · on sale October 10, 1978

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Identification plate

Series: The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series)
Issue: #193
Publication date: January-February 1979
Key date: January 1979
On-sale date: October 10, 1978
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $1.00
Pages: 68
Barcode: 0709893159902
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	2	pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Dick Giordano	Krypto
1	The Superman Family	table of contents	1	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger; letters: Todd Klein
2	The Menace of the Mechanical Master!	comic story	12	script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Joe Staton; colors: Gene D'Angelo; letters: Karisha
3	The Project: Perilous	comic story	10	script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Tex Blaisdell; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Clem Robins
4	Hospital Hostilities	comic story	10	script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Bob Smith; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Ben Oda
5	The Gravity War	comic story	12	script: Gerry Conway, Scott Edelman; pencils: Arvell Jones; inks: Romeo Tanghal; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Mike Stevens	The New Doom Patrol
6	My Mother, Supergirl	comic story	9	script: Gerry Conway; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Joe Giella; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: Milt Snapinn
7	Target: Van-Zee	comic story	10	script: Paul Kupperberg; pencils: Ken Landgraf; inks: Bob Oksner; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Karisha
8	-	letters page	2	script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger; inks: Kurt Schaffenberger

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Superman: The Adventures of Nightwing and Flamebird #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-2525-4	2009	On eBay ›
The Doom Patrol: The Bronze Age Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-9883-8	2020	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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