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Superboy 170

SUPERBOY #170

Cover Date: December 1970
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1970-10-06

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Dick Giordano


Story: "Easy Rider to Doom!" (16 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFrank Robbins
PencilsBob Brown
InksMurphy Anderson
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in issue #169; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in between issues #169 and #173)
Martha Kent (in between issues #169 and #175)

Villain(s):

Mr. Cullis (first appearance; a bank employee secretly embezzling funds)
a gang of bank robbers (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

Ezra Kent (first mentioned; Jonathan Kent’s cousin and Crusty’s father; no appearance; name only mentioned; only appearance)
Alice Kent (first mentioned; Ezra's Kent's late wife, mother of Charles)
Charles "Crusty" Kent (first appearance; a troublesome teenager)
citizens of Smallville (Mabel named)

Location(s):

Smallville


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Second Story: "Superboy's Biggest Blunder!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFrank Robbins
PencilsBob Brown
InksMurphy Anderson
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #171)

Villain(s):

two would-be assassins (first appearance for both; both die)

Other Character(s):

Genghis Khan (as a 13 year old, referred to as "Temujin")
his armies
a teacher and students in Smallville

Location(s):

China
a section of The Great Wall (both in the "present" and circa 1171 AD)
United States of America
Smallville (in the "present;" see Comments)
The Timestream

Comment(s):

Returning from Ancient China, Superboy's "present" year is now 1955, updated from 1938 as presented in issue #168 (September 1970). This editorial decision is explained on page 22 of the next issue.


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