The Superman Family #196 Values

Publisher: DC, 1979

About The Superman Family #196

Art by Kurt Schaffenberger.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El] (back cover); Lois Lane (Earth-2, back cover); Superman [Clark Kent] (Earth-2, back cover); Jimmy Olsen (back cover); Lois Lane (Earth-1, back cover); Clark Kent (Earth-1, back cover)

Pencils: José Luis García-López (signed)

Inks: Dick Giordano (signed)

Notes: Wraparound cover.

STORY DETAILS

(7 Stories)

Title: The Shadow of Jor-El!

Characters: Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Jor-El (Flashback); Riy-Ul (Flashback)

Synopsis: Jonathan Kent discovers his worm collection acting strangely and begins to investigate, discovering the secret behind the Earth tremors that are threatening Smallville.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Cary Bates

Pencils: Joe Staton

Inks: Frank Chiaramonte

Letters: Ben Oda

Reprints: The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #5 (May-June 1980)

Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Title: Good Health -- It's Killing Me!

Pages: 12.000

Script: Gerry Conway

Pencils: Bob Oksner

Inks: Frank McLaughlin

Letters: Ben Oda

Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Title: Super-Disco Fever

Characters: Clark Kent; The Clark Kent Fan Club; Terri Cross; Ed Peters; Jimmy Olsen

Synopsis: The Clark Kent Fan Club, with the help of Jimmy Olsen, traps Clark Kent and forces him to go to a disco for one of their celebrations. While there, Clark discovers a plot to blow up the disco and must do some "super-disco" moves to stop the bomb.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Cary Burkett

Pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks: Dan Adkins

Letters: Jean Simek

Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Title: Case of the Curious Castaway

Characters: Jimmy Olsen; Lacy Halton; Miranda Halton; Perry White; Le Loup (smuggler); Bennie (Henchman)

Synopsis: Jimmy Olsen is asked by Miranda to search for her sister whose balloon crashed somewhere over the ocean.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Gerry Conway

Pencils: John Calnan

Inks: Vince Colletta

Letters: Albert DeGuzman

Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Title: Editor of the Star

Characters: Clark Kent (Earth-2); Lois Lane (Earth-2); Daily Star; George Taylor; Perry White (Earth-2); Mr. Ace [Judge Alder]; Ratso

Synopsis: When George Taylor decides to retire as editor of the Daily Star he has a contest between Clark Kent and Perry White with one of them winning the job as editor.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Cary Bates

Pencils: Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks: Joe Giella

Letters: Todd Klein

Notes: Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. This is an Earth-2 story.

Title: Displaced Double Identity

Characters: Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Valerie Myles; The Gyronaut [Bert]; Ernie (Henchman)

Synopsis: Supergirl must solve the mystery of why her friend Valerie Myles suddenly believes that she is Supergirl.

Pages: 12.000

Script: Jack C. Harris

Pencils: Don Heck

Inks: Bob Smith

Letters: Shelly Leferman

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	9
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	9

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