Issue #3 reprinted the cross-over of Green Arrow and Aquaman in each other’s stories from Adventure Comics #267. Later issues in this reprint era featured the Doom Patrol, Captain Marvel and his “family” (one assumes the idea of publishing a “Shazam Family” comic was nixed) the JSA and two Brave & Bold team-ups starring Batman & Deadman and Batman & Eclipso. That first issue featured reprints from World’s Finest (Superman and Batman with a cameo of the Flash) Teen Titans and Flash (in which Heat Wave and Captain Cold team up to duke it out with the Fastest Man Alive – hey, they didn’t say only heroes teamed up!). This would be the case through issue #8 – with only two new stories published until the magazine was given to new Challengers of the Unknown stories.įortunately, those reprints were pretty good – covering DC’s Golden and Silver Age! A scheduling problem so said the debut letter column. Unfortunately, the first issue contained only reprints. Super Team Family was to be a comic of new team-ups not featuring Batman. Korak morphed into Tarzan Family (with the same numbering) and Batman Family also debuted. The comics could be larger-than-normal size with an increased cost. Three low-selling comics combined into one fair-selling comic.ĭC decided to create three more “Family” comics containing some new material but chocked full of reprints to save costs. One of the stars would feature in a “full-length” new story and the other two would be a reprint. The numbering picked up where Jimmy Olsen left off. In May 1974 Superman Family debuted, combining three Superman related books into one – Supergirl, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen. It was part of four comics with (what we would now call) an imprint of “Family” from DC Comics. ![]() To this day the fanbase (and creators) dump on its unusual name. ![]() Super Team Family #1 debuted in November 1975 (cover date).
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