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Superboy 120

SUPERBOY #120

Cover Date: April 1965
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1965-02-18

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Sheldon Moldoff


Story: "The Fate of the Future Superman!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

ArtGeorge Papp
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Adventure Comics #271 [Page 1 through page 4, panel 4]; next in issue #125)

Supporting Character(s):

Lex Luthor (last in Adventure Comics #271 [Up to Page 4, Panel 4]; next in issue #125)

Villain(s):

Luthor of the 35th Century (first appearance; owner of the Superman Museum in 3446)

Other Character(s):

Jirl Xanthro (first appearance; curator of the 20th-Century Museum in 3446)
citizens of the year 3446
citizens of Smallville

Cameo Appearance(s):

Superman XXX (first appearance; images only; the Superman of the year 3446)
Jimmy Olsen (wax statue in 3446)
Lois Lane (wax statue in 3446)
Perry White (wax statue in 3446)

Location(s):

Smallville
unidentified city in the 35th Century
Superman Museum (in the year 3446)
20th-Century Museum (first appearance; in the year 3446)
The Timestream

Comment(s):

This story takes place over the course of a week, before Lex Luthor and Superboy became enemies. Superboy forgets his adventures in the 35th Century.


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Second Story: "Superbaby's Golden Quest!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton
ArtGeorge Papp
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superbaby (in between issues #119 and #124/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in between issues #119 and #124/2)
Martha Kent (last/next in ???)

Other Character(s):

King Willyam (first appearance; a king in 900 BC)
Esau (first appearance; a toddler resembling Superbaby; in 900 BC)
two quarreling mothers (first appearance for both; in 900 BC)
Achilles and his mother Thetis (in 1300 BC)
James W. Marshall (found gold in 1848, setting off the Gold Rush of 1849)

Location(s):

Smallville
unidentified location in 900 BC
Ancient Greece (1300 BC)
Sutter's Mill, California Territory (January 24 1848)
The Timestream


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Third Story: "The Invulnerable Imp!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEdmond Hamilton, Cary Bates (idea)
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringVivian Berg
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in issue #119/3; next in Adventure Comics #330)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in between issues #119/3 and #121)
Martha Kent (in between issues #119/3 and #121)

Villain(s):

Mister Mxyzptlk (has his name legally changed to "Mxypyxm" so it is the same no matter how he says it, until due to amnesium, forgets what he changed his name to, he changes his name back and says it backwards, returning to the 5th Dimension; in between issues #114/2 and #131)

Other Character(s):

citizens of SMallbille (including the Mayor)
General Arthur Mxyzptlk (first appearance; in a painting; an ancestor of Mxyzptlk)
Sir Garamore Mxyzptlk (first appearance; in a painting; an ancestor of Mxyzptlk)
a Zrfffian judge (first appearance)

Location(s):

Smallville
Zrfff

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Family #170/5 (April-May 1975)


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