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New Adventures of Superboy 31

NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERBOY #31

Cover Date: July 1982
Cover Price: $0.60
Publication Date: 1982-04-06

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Cover Credits:
Art: Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)


Story: "The Main Event: Smallville, U.S.A." (18 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGary Cohn, Dan Mishkin
PencilsKurt Schaffenberger
InksDave Hunt
LetteringJohn Costanza
ColorsJerry Serpe
Consulting editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in issue #30; next in Brave and the Bold #192)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in issue #30; next, voice only, in Brave and the Bold #192)
Martha Kent (in between issues #30 and #32)

Villain(s):

Pulsar (Robert Altus, Jr.; first appearance; also in flashbacks)
Robert Altus, Sr. (first appearance; also in flashbacks)
bank robbers (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Myra Altus (first appearance; also in flashbacks; Robert ALtus, Sr.'s estranged wife and Robert, Jr.'s mother)
Mr. Altus (first appearance; in flashback; father of Robert, Sr. and grandfather of Robert, Jr.; dies)

Location(s):

Metropolis
New York, NY
United Nations Building
Smallville

Solicitation:

An obsessed scientist gives his son superpowers and saps Superboy’s power to make him more than a match for the Boy of Steel.


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Second Story: "Thievery by Whitefire!" (7 Pages)
Dial H for Hero

Credits:

PlotE. Nelson Bridwell
StoryBob Rozakis
PencilsHoward Bender
InksDan Adkins
LetteringBen Oda
ColorsJerry Serpe
Consulting editingE. Nelson Bridwell
EditingJulius Schwartz

Feature Character(s):

Chris King (in between issues #30/2 and #32/2; uses the H-E-R-O-dial to become Power Punch; see Comments)
Vicki Grant (in between issues #30/2 and #32/2; uses the H-E-R-O-dial to become Sirocco; see Comments)

Supporting Character(s):

Greg King (in between issues #30/2 and #32/2)
Elizabeth King (last in Adventure Comics #490; next in issue #32/2)
Glinda Parks (in between issues #29/2 and #33/2)
Frannie Nash (last in Adventure Comics #489/2; next in issue #37/2)

Villain(s):

Whitefire (first appearance; see Comments; next in issue #32/2)
Whitefire's henchmen (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Fairfax (Mildred and police officer Walt named)
robot police on Whitefire's homeworld (first appearance; next in issue #32/2)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Fairfax
Unidentified Space Sector
an unidentified planet (Whitefire's homeworld)

Comment(s):

Additional credits per order of introduction.
Whitefire created by John Taylor, 33, of Bristol, England.
Power Punch created by Tom Tychi, 16, of Staten Island, NY.
Sirocco created by John Taylor, 33, of Bristol, England.
Story continues in the next issue.


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