The Superman Family #196 (of 222)
The Shadow of Jor-El! / Good Health -- It's Killing Me! / Super-Disco Fever / Case of the Curious Castaway / Editor of the Star / Displaced Double Identity
August 31st, 1979
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196
(of 222)
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The Shadow of Jor-El! / Good Health -- It's Killing Me! / Super-Disco Fever / Case of the Curious Castaway / Editor of the Star / Displaced Double Identity
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Cover date:
August 31st, 1979
Store date:
April 12th, 1979
- Wraparound cover by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez and Dick Giordano.
- Splash page penciled and inked by Kurt Schaffenberger.
- "The Shadow of Jor-El!" (Superboy) written by Cary Bates, penciled by Joe Staton, inked by Frank Chiaramonte, colored by Adrienne Roy and lettered by Ben Oda.
- "Good Health -- It's Killing Me" (Lois Lane) written by Gerry Conway, penciled by Bob Oksner, inked by Frank McLaughlin, colored by Jerry Serpe and lettered by Ben Oda.
- "Super-Disco Fever" a "The Private Life of Clark Kent" story written by Cary Burkett, penciled by Kurt Schaffenberger, inked by Dan Adkins, colored by Adrienne Roy and lettered by Jean Simek.
- "Case of the Curious Castaway" (Jimmy Olsen) written by Gerry Conway, penciled by John Calnan, inked by Vince Colletta, colored by Jerry Serpe and lettered by Albert De Guzman.
- "Editor of the Star" a "Mr. & Mrs. Superman" story written by Cary Bates, penciled by Kurt Schaffenberger, inked by Joe Giella, colored by Adrienne Roy and lettered by Todd Klein.
- "Displaced Double Identity" (Supergirl) written by Jack C. Harris, penciled by Don Heck, inked by Bob Smith, colored by Jerry Serpe and lettered by Shelly Leferman.
Notes:
- This issue has no ads.
- In the story "The Shadow of Jor-El!" it is revealed that Martha Kent has a sister who lives in Marlyville.
- In the story "The Shadow of Jor-El!" Johnathan Kent's hobby is raising earthworms.
- Daily Star, George Taylor, Perry White and Lois Lane are from Earth-2.
A beautiful recluse on a desert island, a sinister secret at a health spa, bombs underneath a disco, one of Pa Kent's worm farms acting weird... it all adds up to two things: danger and excitement for The Superman Family!
