Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? reference to one of the nicknames of Superman as the "Man of Tomorrow", and was later again used in the title of another Superman . The comic book, "Action Comics" #1, published in April 1938 by "National Allied Publications" (later renamed DC Comics), marked the first publication of the character of Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The comic quickly became a success, and its editor soon realized that it was because of the popularity of the character. In an unprecedented move at the time, National Allied Publications introduced a second comic book, "Superman", exclusively featuring the popular
The Superman Family The Superman Family The Superman Family was an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1974 to 1982 featuring supporting characters in the "Superman" comics. The term "Superman Family" is often used to refer to the extended cast of characters of comics books associated with Superman. A similarly titled series Superman Family Adventures was launched in 2012. "The Superman Family" was an amalgamation of the titles "Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane", "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen", and "Supergirl". The first issue, #164, took its numbering from "Jimmy Olsen", which had reached issue #163 and thus had the most issues