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Cover: Ross Andru & Dick Giordano

The Superman Family #193

Jan 1979 · DC · 1.00 USD
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Contains 6 stories
The Menace of the Mechanical Master!
12 pp · Superhero

In "The Menace of the Mechanical Master!", Superboy faces a crisis of scale, juggling three emergencies at once while trying to keep a promise to Lana Lang by delivering a speech—only to pull off a clever double act with Krypto handling one threat and his own voice playing the part of a public speaker.

The Project: Perilous
10 pp · Superhero
Hospital Hostilities
10 pp · Superhero
The Gravity War
12 pp · Superhero
The New Doom Patrol
My Mother, Supergirl
9 pp · Superhero

In "My Mother, Supergirl," a young woman named Lara Clark grows up in Smallville believing she’s the daughter of the Clark family—until she discovers the truth about her origins. When Superman reactivates the Probability Simulator, he imagines a world where Lara, not Jor-El, survived Krypton’s destruction and became Supergirl, protecting Smallville as a hero. Now, as Jack Kent—her adoptive father—struggles with his feelings for her, Lara grapples with the weight of her identity and the mystery of her past. Can this alternate reality offer a chance for a different kind of future?

Target: Van-Zee
10 pp · Science Fiction, Superhero

ComicBooks.com Value

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CGC 9.8 · 3 in census $263*
CGC 9.6 · 2 in census $78*
CGC 9.4 · 2 in census $45*
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Full credits

artist, inker Joe Staton
colorist Gene D'Angelo
letterer Karisha
cover pencils Ross Andru
cover inks Dick Giordano

Reprints

Reprinted in Wundergirl #40 (1979), Superman #15/1979 (1979), Roter Blitz #42 (1979), Wundergirl #43 (1979), Superman Presents Superboy Comic #117 (1979), Supermann #12/1980 (1980), Superboy #13/1982 (1982), Superman: The Adventures of Nightwing and Flamebird #[nn] (2009), The Doom Patrol: The Bronze Age Omnibus #[nn] (2020)

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