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SUPERBOY #173

Cover Date: April 1971
Cover Price: $.15

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Cover Credits:
Art: Neal Adams


Story: "The Super-Clark of Smallville!" (15 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsBob Brown
InksDick Giordano
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang
Jonathan Kent (in between issues #170 and #175)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (in between issues #169 and #177)

Other Character(s):

Lewis Lang
citizens of Smallville

Location(s):

Smallville


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Second Story: "Trust Me or Kill Me" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryCary Bates
ArtGeorge Tuska
LetteringBen Oda
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (next in issue #175)
Legion of Super-Heroes:
Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; last in Action Comics #392/2; next in issue #176/2; also appears in flashback)

Supporting Character(s):

Pol Krinn (appears in flashback; last in Adventure Comics #357; next in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #236)

Villain(s):

Mordru (last as voice only in Superman Vol. 1 #213; next in issue #188/2)
a duplicate of Cosmic Boy (first appearance; destroyed)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Bouncing Boy (Chuck Taine; in a picture)
Colossal Boy (Gim Allon; in a picture)
Dream Girl (Nura Nal; in a picture)
Phantom Girl (Tinya Wazzo; in a picture)
Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; in a picture)
Star Boy (Thom Kallor; in a picture)
Sun Boy (Dirk Morgna; in a picture)
Timber Wolf (Brin Londo; in a picture)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814:
Earth
Metropolis
Smallville (in the 20th Century)
Unidentified Space Sector:
Braal (in flashback)

Story Reprinted in:

Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #10 (2000)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #4 ([September] 2010)


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