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Superboy 182

SUPERBOY #182

Cover Date: February 1972
Cover Price: $.25
Publication Date: 1971-12-28

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy


Story: "The Forging of Young Batman!" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsBob Brown
InksMurphy Anderson
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in issue #181/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Guest Star(s):

Bruce Wayne (uses the masked identity of The Executioner; last in Adventure Comics #275; next in Superboy Spectacular #1/8; also in flashback; last in flashback in Detective Comics #457; next in flashback in Batman Vol. 1 #208)

Supporting Character(s):

Martha Kent (in between issues #180/2 and #184)
Jonathan Kent (in between issues #180/2 and #184)

Villain(s):

Zodiac Killer (Otis Higbee; first appearance; reporter for Gotham Gazette; commits crimes to generate stories)

Other Character(s):

Otis Higbee (first appearance; reporter for Gotham Gazette)

Location(s):

Smallville
Gotham City

Comment(s):

This story begins on February 18th.
Bruce's parents were killed two months prior to this story on November 25th.

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (2010)


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Second Story: "Album of Unsung Heroes" (3 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsBob Brown
InksMurphy Anderson
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (creates "Mento-Tapes" of other super-human heroes he has met; last in the first story in this issue; next in flashback in World's Finest Comics #271)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Krypton Kid (in flashback to Adventure Comics #242)
Dworn (in flashback to Superboy Vol. 1 #65)
Allan Vale (in flashback to Superboy Vol. 1 #132/2)

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (2010)


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Third Story (reprint): "The Amazing Tots of Smallville!" (12 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtAl Plastino
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superbaby

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Superboy Vol. 1 #102 (January 1963)


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