As of #8 the editor changed again, and Super-Team Family returned to an original-story format, with the occasional reprint seen in back-up stories.

The Challengers of the Unknown were the lead feature in issues #8–10 in a series of new stories by writer Steve Skeates and artists James Sherman and Jack Abel.

Reprinted backup stories were eliminated as of #11 which saw the start of a four-issue serial written by Gerry Conway, starring the Atom 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.

Super-Team Family ended its run with issue #15 (March–April 1978),[1] and was replaced a few months later with the Superman team-up title DC Comics Presents (July 1978).