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SUPERBOY #118
Cover Date: January 1965
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1964-11-19
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
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Credits:
| Story | Leo Dorfman |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Sheldon Moldoff |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superboy (along with the Kents, has his memory of this adventure erased; last in Adventure Comics #327; next in the second story in this issue)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jonathan Kent (in between issues #117 and #119/2)
- Martha Kent (in between issues #117 and #119/2)
Villain(s):
- alien criminals (not seen; mentioned by Varn-Don)
Other Character(s):
- Varn-Don (first appearance; son of Vol-Don; travels back to Superboy's time to pose as a young boy with the plan to antagonize Superboy for a few days; then brings him to 1965 to test a memory-erasing machine specialized for Kryptonians; next in ???)
- Look-Alike Squad (last in Action Comics #309; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #83/3)
- Ar-Rone (Perry White's double; last in Action Comics #309; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #83/3)
- Vol-Don (Clark Kent's double; last in Action Comics #309; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #83/3)
- Zol-Lar (Jimmy Olsen's double; last in Action Comics #309; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #83/3)
- Ti-Arra (Lana Lang's double; next in between Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #73/2 and #83/3)
- Sylvia Van-Zee (Lois Lane's double; last in Action Comics #309; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #83/3)
- citizens of Smallville
- Superboy Robots
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Fortress of Solitude (in 1965)
- The Bottle City of Kandor (in 1965)
- Smallville
- Fortress of Solitude (in 1965)
- Earth
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Talar (first mentioned)
- The Timestream
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | George Papp |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Brutor (first appearance; a gladiator in Ancient Rome)
- Gasparo (first appearance; a gladiator in Ancient Rome)
- Marcellus (first appearance; a gladiator in Ancient Rome)
- a Matter-Eater Beast (first appearance; follows Superboy back in time)
Other Character(s):
- "Iron Nerves" Ned (first appearance; a high diver who had lost his nerve)
- alien scientists (first appearance for both)
- citizens of Ancient Rome
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- Ancient Rome
- Smallville
- Earth
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Deep space
- The Timestream
Comment(s):
- In travelling back in time to Ancient Rome, the Matter-Eater Beast regurgitates two sizable chunks of green kryptonite which are left in a lake, hundreds of years before Krypton's destruction.
Credits:
| Story | Otto Binder |
| Art | George Papp |
| Lettering | Vivian Berg |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
Feature Character(s):
- Superboy (last in the second story in this issue; next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #174)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Superboy Revenge Squad (last in issue #114; next in New Adventures of Superboy #32; Olmeg, Nar and Rava named; first appearance for all three)
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Earth
- a tropical island in the Indian Ocean
- Smallville
- somewhere in the far future
- somewhere in the prehistoric past
- Earth
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Wexr II (presumed)
Comment(s):
- The Superboy Revenge Squad reveals their "Red K Meter" which determines the effects of exposure, good or evil, emotional or physical. Over the years they have amassed quite the collection of red kryptonite samples, including the following:
- #13 Creates super-headache
- #14 Turns Superboy purple
- #22 Causes nightmares
- #26 Shrinks Superboy
- #41 Freezes Superboy
- #55 Causes super-itch
Story Reprinted in:
- Four Star Spectacular #6 (January-February 1977)