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Issue: Superboy #173
Publication Date: April 1971
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Issues: #173 of 230 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [character]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/16/1971
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#129, 138, 147, 156, 165, 185, 202, 205, 208)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Super-Clark of Smallville

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #16/1971 published August 1971
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #5/1971 published September 1971
as Super-Clark fra Smallville [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B 123
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The Super-Clark of Smallville!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Professor Lang; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Lex Luthor
Synopsis: Clark pretends to get super powers from ancient ambrosia. However, after Lex drains Superboy of his powers, Superboy must use ambrosia to replace them.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #16/1971 published August 1971
as Der Super-Clark von Smallville [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #5/1971 published September 1971
as Super-Clark fra Smallville [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #162 published February 1973
as The Super-Clark of Smallville! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Job Number: B-856
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Trust Me or Kill Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]; Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen] (cameo); Phantom Girl [Tinya Wazzo] (cameo); Colossal Boy [Gim Allon] (cameo); Star Boy [Thom Kallor] (cameo); Sun Boy [Dirk Morgna](cameo); Bouncing Boy [Chuck Taine] (cameo); Timber Wolf [Brin Londo] (cameo); Dream Girl [Nura Nal] (cameo); Light Lass [Ayla Ranzz] (cameo); Matter-Eater Lad [Tanzil Kem] (cameo); Mon-El [Lar Gand] (cameo)]; Mordru; Pol Krinn
Synopsis: Mordru makes a duplicate of Cosmic Boy and Superboy must determine which of the two is the real Cosmic Boy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #148 published December 1971
as Trust Me or Kill Me! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #10 published December 2000
as Trust Me or Kill Me! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Job Number: B-886
Disclose Notes: Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives.

Includes a flashback to Superboy's admission to the Legion with several Legionnaires who were not members at the time.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superboy; Krypto
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B927
Disclose Notes: Excerpts of letters from: John Crumbley, Stan Keilhler, David Backus, Doug Rogers, Jo Clark, Donna Monteleone, Riotta Schneider, Scott Dickerson, Kurt Klingenfuss, David Worden, Hugh Macworth, B. Nelson Campbell and D.S., Bronx, NY.

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