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Superman Family 164

SUPERMAN FAMILY #164

Cover Date: April-May 1974
Cover Price: $.60
Publication Date: 1974-01-24

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy


Feature: "Jimmy Olsen Presents The Superman Family" (1 Pages)


Credits:

typeset (letters)
E. Nelson Bridwell (edits)


Comment(s):

Table of Contents.


 

Story: "Death Bites with Fangs of Stone" (14 Pages)
Part II "S.O.S. Comes in Colors"

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
LetteringBen Oda
EditingMurray Boltinoff, Julius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in Superman Vol. 1 #273; next in the fourth story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Superman Vol. 1 #274; next in the fourth story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #136; next in the fourth story in this issue)
Mark Olsen (last/next in ???)
Perry White (last in Superman Vol. 1 #273; next in Action Comics #436)

Villain(s):

Dr. Herrod (first appearance; a psychologist; learns of the conquistador’s treasure and tries to run everyone away from the Olsntown site where the treasure is hidden)

Other Character(s):

Stace (first appearance; also in flashback; a resident of Olsentown)
Stace's mother and three siblings (first appearance for all; in flashback)
Johnny Wolf (first appearance; also in flashback; a resident of Olsentown)
Evo Denton (first appearance; also in flashback; a resident of Olsentown which advanced mental powers)
Benito Navarez (first appearance; in flashback hundreds of years ago; a conquistador; dies before story begins)

Location(s):

an unidentified Indian reservation (in flashback)
Metropolis
Daily Planet
Olsentown


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Second Story (reprint): "Brainiac's Blitz!" (12 Pages)

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Action Comics #339/2


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Third Story (reprint): "The Super Star of Hollywood!" (13 Pages)

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Adventure Comics #272 (May 1960)


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Fourth Story: "The Gift-Wrapped Doom" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtKurt Schaffenberger
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Jimmy Olsen (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #434)

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in the first story in this issue; next in Superman Vol. 1 #275)

Supporting Character(s):

Lois Lane (last in the first story in this issue; next in Action Comics #434)

Villain(s):

The Elephant (first appearance; a hitman, ready to become an informant; dies)
Gravediggers, Inc. (last/next in ???)
Brace
Toro
Vinnie

Other Character(s):

a judge
state troopers

Location(s):

Metropolis
Daily Planet
an unidentifid mountain region


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Fifth Story (reprint): "The Death March!" (9 Pages)

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #76/2 (April 1964)


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Sixth Story (reprint): "The Three Wives of Superman!" (25 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #51 (August 1964)

Comment(s):

An imaginary story featuring Lois Lane.


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Feature: "How the Artists Draw the Superman Family" (3 Pages)


Credits:

Curt Swan (Jimmy Olsen, Ma and Pa Kent, Krypto figures) and Kurt Schaffenberger (Lois Lane figures) (pencils)
John Forte (Jimmy Olsen figures) and George Klein (Ma and Pa Kent and Krypto figures) and Kurt Schaffenberger (Lois Lane figures) (inks)
E. Nelson Bridwell (edits)