| Super-Team Family | |
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 Cover ofSuper-Team Family #1 (October–November 1975), art byDick Giordano. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| Schedule | Bimonthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | October–November 1975 – March–April 1978 |
| No. of issues | 15 |
| Main character(s) | Superman,Batman, theFlash, theChallengers of the Unknown, theDoom Patrol, theAtom |
| Creative team | |
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| Penciller | |
| Inker | |
| Editor | List
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| Collected editions | |
| Secret Society of Super Villains Volume 2 | ISBN 978-1401231101 |
Super-Team Family is acomic bookanthology series published byDC Comics from 1975 to 1978 that lasted for 15 issues. It included a mix of original and reprinted stories.
Super-Team Family began publication with an October–November 1975cover date.[1] DC Comics published several other... Family titles concurrent withSuper-Team Family includingThe Superman Family (1974–1982),Batman Family (1975–1978), andTarzan Family (1975–1976). As a rule, DC's... Family titles contained mostly reprints and featured a higher page count and higher price than DC's normal books.
The original intention ofSuper-Team Family was to be a "home" for original story team-ups without Batman, as editorGerry Conway wrote in the letters column of issue #1. The first issue was only all-reprints due to scheduling problems, according to Conway. By issue #3 "economics had changed", and readers were informed that the series would go all-reprints with #4, edited byE. Nelson Bridwell. As of #8 the editor changed again, andSuper-Team Family returned to an original-story format, with the occasional reprint seen in back-up stories.
ACreeper/Wildcat team-up in #2 and aFlash/Hawkman tale in #3 were the only new stories in the first seven issues of the title. TheChallengers of the Unknown were the lead feature in issues #8–10 in a series of new stories by writerSteve Skeates and artistsJames Sherman andJack Abel. Reprinted backup stories were eliminated as of #11 which saw the start of a four-issue serial written by Gerry Conway, starring theAtom teaming up with various other DC characters.[2]
DC management liked the sales results of later issues of the series and saw the financial advantage of lowering the page count. Rather than redefining the nature of the "... Family" titles, they opted to create a new series.Super-Team Family ended its run with issue #15 (March–April 1978),[1] and was replaced a few months later with theSuperman team-up titleDC Comics Presents (July 1978).[2]
After the cancellation ofSuper-Team Family, aSupergirl/Doom Patrol team-up by Gerry Conway and artistArvell Jones originally scheduled to appear in the series was published inThe Superman Family #191–193 (Sept.–Oct. 1978/Jan.–Feb. 1979).[3]
| Issue | Cover date | Characters | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | October–November 1975 | Superman andBatman | Reprinted fromWorld's Finest Comics #175 (May 1968) |
| Teen Titans | Reprinted fromTeen Titans #19 (January–February 1969) | ||
| TheFlash | Reprinted fromThe Flash #166 (December 1966) | ||
| #2 | December 1975 – January 1976 | TheCreeper andWildcat | Original story byDennis O'Neil,Ric Estrada, andBill Draut |
| Batman andDeadman | Reprinted fromThe Brave and the Bold #79 (August–September 1968) | ||
| Green Arrow | Reprinted fromAdventure Comics #266 (November 1959) | ||
| #3 | February–March 1976 | The Flash andHawkman | Original story bySteve Skeates, Ric Estrada, andWally Wood |
| Aquaman | Reprinted fromAdventure Comics #267 (December 1959) | ||
| Green Arrow | |||
| Superman and Batman | Reprinted fromWorld's Finest Comics #176 (June 1968) | ||
| #4 | April–May 1976 | Justice Society of America | Reprinted fromAll Star Comics #33 (February–March 1947) |
| Superman and Batman | Reprinted fromWorld's Finest Comics #98 (December 1958) | ||
| #5 | June–July 1976 | Batman andEclipso | Reprinted fromThe Brave and the Bold #64 (February–March 1966) |
| "Origin of Eclipso" | Single-page recap of Eclipso's origin reprinting material fromHouse of Secrets | ||
| "Superboy's Workshop" | Single page story | ||
| Superboy | Reprinted fromSuperboy #47 (March 1956) | ||
| #6 | August–September 1976 | Superman and Batman | Reprinted fromWorld's Finest Comics #168 (August 1967) |
| Marvel Family | Reprinted fromMarvel Family #89 (January 1954) | ||
| #7 | October–November 1976 | Teen Titans | Reprinted fromTeen Titans #31 (January–February 1971) |
| Doom Patrol | Reprinted fromDoom Patrol #86 (March 1964) | ||
| #8 | December 1976 – January 1977 | Challengers of the Unknown | Original story by Steve Skeates,James Sherman, andJack Abel |
| "Team Talk" | Original two-page story | ||
| Doom Patrol | Reprinted fromDoom Patrol #86 (March 1964) and #87 (May 1964) | ||
| #9 | February–March 1977 | Challengers of the Unknown | Original story by Steve Skeates, James Sherman, and Jack Abel |
| Green Arrow | Reprinted fromAdventure Comics #254 (November 1958) | ||
| Doom Patrol | Reprinted fromDoom Patrol #88 (June 1964) | ||
| #10 | April–May 1977 | Challengers of the Unknown | Original story by Steve Skeates, James Sherman, and Jack Abel |
| Doom Patrol | Reprinted fromDoom Patrol #88 (June 1964) | ||
| #11 | June–July 1977 | The Flash,Supergirl, and theAtom | Original story byGerry Conway,Alan Weiss, andJosef Rubinstein |
| #12 | August–September 1977 | Green Lantern, Hawkman, and the Atom | Original story by Gerry Conway,Arvell Jones, and Bill Draut |
| Hawkman | Reprinted fromThe Brave and the Bold #42 (1962) | ||
| #13 | October–November 1977 | Aquaman,Captain Comet, and the Atom | Original story by Gerry Conway, Arvell Jones, andRomeo Tanghal |
| #14 | December 1977 – January 1978 | Wonder Woman and the Atom | Original story by Gerry Conway, Arvell Jones, and Romeo Tanghal |
| #15 | March–April 1978 | The Flash and theNew Gods | Original story by Gerry Conway, Arvell Jones, and Romeo Tanghal |
Part of the series has been collected in atrade paperback: