Alternative versions of Superman establish a new continuity for DC, affecting not only Superman, but all of the DC Comics characters. The versions of Superman from this time period are traditionally divided into three main periods. The first version of Superman began being published by DC Comics in 1938 appearing in "Action Comics" #1. To explain discrepancies in the aging of Superman across several decades, his earliest stories were retroactively portrayed as having taken place on an alternative world called Earth-Two. These stories take place from 1938 until the late 1950s, although the exact dividing line is unclear and some stories happened identically to
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