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Superman Family Vol 1 190

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"Jimmy Olsen: "The Museum of Eternity, Part 1: Somebody Stole My Town"": On a trip back to see his father in Hartsdale, Jimmy Olsen discovers that the entire town has been abducted and taken into another dimension by aliens called the Preservers. Jimmy is captured by

Quote1 I hate to brag, Supergirl, but we did a great job! Maybe we'll visit the planet in a few years and see what sort of society develops... It could prove interesting... Quote2
— Superman

Superman Family #190 is an issue of the series Superman Family (Volume 1) with a cover date of August, 1978.

Synopsis for Jimmy Olsen: "The Museum of Eternity, Part 1: Somebody Stole My Town"

On a trip back to see his father in Hartsdale, Jimmy Olsen discovers that the entire town has been abducted and taken into another dimension by aliens called the Preservers. Jimmy is captured by the Preservers when he gets into Hartsdale, but pitches his activated signal-watch outside the dimensional barrier to summon Superman.

Appearing in Jimmy Olsen: "The Museum of Eternity, Part 1: Somebody Stole My Town"

Featured Characters:

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Other Characters:

  • Peg (receptionist at Daily Planet)
  • The various alien inhabitants & visitors on the Preserver's world
  • Prisoners on the Preserver's world
    • Cavemen from Earth
    • Ancient Egyptians from Earth
    • Ancient Romans from Earth
    • Ancient Babylonians from Earth
    • Inuit from Earth
    • Native Americans from Earth
    • Medieval Europeans from Earth
    • Representatives of two unnamed alien civilizations
  • Teen Titans (In a photograph only)
  • W. C. Fields (Mentioned only)
  • Wonder Woman (Mentioned only)

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Synopsis for Superman: "The Museum of Eternity, Part 2: Doorways in the Sky"

While Lois Lane is in Kandor interviewing the super-hero TNT, she and everyone in the city is abducted by the Preservers. Meanwhile, Superman finds his way into the Preservers' maze of captured cities, reflecting many different eras and civilizations of Earth and other planets, but is defeated by the aliens when he comes into range of Kandor's red sun.

Appearing in Superman: "The Museum of Eternity, Part 2: Doorways in the Sky"

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Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • The Perservers
    • Curator
    • Apprentice-Prime
  • Brainiac (Mentioned only)

Other Characters:

  • Prisoners on the Preserver's world
    • Three-headed alien barbarians
    • Ancient Romans from Earth
    • Ancient Chinese from Earth
    • Alien insects
    • Maori ((Mentioned only)
  • Dan Dunbar (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Items:

  • Gravity Shoes
  • Ion Generator

Synopsis for Lois Lane: "The Museum of Eternity, Part 3: Captives at the Edge of Forever"

Lois Lane makes contact with Superman, Nightwing, and Flamebird in Kandor and compares notes with them. The Curator, head of the Preservers, sends a robot called the Purifier to capture Lane because she is a non-Kryptonian contaminant. Lane is held with Jimmy Olsen, who the Preservers have been interrogating. Lane and Olsen manage to escape and destroy the Dissectoid, a robot sent to vivisect them. But the Curator tells them they are disturbing his other "exhibits", and that, unless they surrender within 41.5 minutes, he will destroy the Earth.

Appearing in Lois Lane: "The Museum of Eternity, Part 3: Captives at the Edge of Forever"

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Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • The Preservers
    • Curator
    • Apprentice-Prime
    • Purifier (Robot)
    • Dissectoid (Robot)

Other Characters:

  • Prisoners on the Preserver's world
    • Three-headed aliens (Not the same ones from "Doorways in the Sky"}
    • One-legged aliens
  • Aquaman (Mentioned only)
  • Saturn Girl (Mentioned only)
  • Justice League (Mentioned only)

Locations:

  • Dimensional Museum
    • Preserver Headquarters

Vehicles:

Synopsis for Krypto: "The Museum of Eternity, Part 4: A Cage of Light"

The Preservers place Krypto in Kandor, where Superman, Nightwing, and Flamebird find that he can pass through the barriers separating the captive cities. He regains his powers in a yellow-sun city, finds Jimmy and Nightwing and attempts to lead them back to Kandor.

Appearing in Krypto: "The Museum of Eternity, Part 4: A Cage of Light"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • The Preservers

Other Characters:

  • Prisoners on the Preserver's world
    • Catman-centaur aliens
    • Unidentified human civilization

Items:

  • Flight Belt

Vehicles:

  • Dimensional Warper

Synopsis for Nightwing and Flamebird: "The Museum of Eternity, Part 5: Fight With the Phantom Zone Fiends!"

The Phantom Zoners have been freed from the Zone by the Preservers but are exiled to Kandor, where they attack Superman, Nightwing, and Flamebird. They defeat the trio and have a brief reign of terror in Kandor, which is cut short when Flamebird beats Jax-Ur in battle and convinces the Zoners to join with them against the Preservers. The Separatists also offer their help. As they all await action, Superman notes that Supergirl, Zor-El, and Allura are nowhere to be found in the city.

Appearing in Nightwing and Flamebird: "The Museum of Eternity, Part 5: Fight With the Phantom Zone Fiends!"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

  • Separatists
    • Ver-Na
  • Rao (Mentioned only)
  • Zor-El (Mentioned only)
  • Allura (Mentioned only)
  • Supergirl (Mentioned only)

Locations:

  • Kandor
    • Hall of Science
    • Kandorian Jewelry Exchange
    • Kandorian Police Headquarters
  • Krypton (Mentioned only)
  • Phantom Zone (Mentioned only)

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Synopsis for Supergirl: "The Museum of Eternity, Part 6: Finale"

Supergirl, Zor-El and Allura enter the Fortress of Solitude to discover Kandor gone. Kara gets a message from President Carter to investigate the disappearance of the city of Hartdale. Supergirl reasons both disappearances must be linked and takes off.

When she arrives at the site of Hartdale's vanishing, Supergirl comes across a dimensional portal which she can barely enlarge enough to enter, and finds herself in one of the cities stolen by the Curator for his Museum of Eternity. She soon encounters Krypto and then Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane. Jimmy and Lois warn Supergirl that if she goes through the next portal and enters Kandor, she will lose her powers and a mental block will prevent from her trying to leave. They also alert the Curator intends to destroy Earth. Since Krypto is unaffected by the Preservers' mental block, which only works on humans, he is sent to fetch Superman. Once Krypto is back with his owner, Supergirl is able to pull her cousin through the hole.

With his powers restored, Superman helps her pull the barrier wide enough to admit Nightwing and Flamebird, as well as Jax-Ur, General Zod, and Kru-El. Aware they are running out of time, the group split up to find the Curator. Superman, Supergirl and Krypto find break into the Curator's headquarters and defeat him and Apprentice-Prime before they can devastate Earth.

Once both villains have been captured, Superman is going to restore all cities, but Supergirl points out there are several cities stolen from the Earth's past. Kara suggests to set them down on an uninhabited Earth-like world, far enough apart that it will be years before those civilizations will interact with each other.

Both cousins teleport every city to their assigned spot. Kandor and its inhabitants are returned to the Bottle, and the Phantom Zoners to the Zone. Then Superman and Supergirl destroy the Preservers' machines. Kal and Kara wonder what kind of civilization will develop in their new homeworld before going back to their respective homes.

Appearing in Supergirl: "The Museum of Eternity, Part 6: Finale"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

  • The Preservers
    • Curator
    • Apprentice-Prime

Other Characters:

Locations:

Vehicles:

  • Dimensional Warper

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