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Issue: Superboy #183
Publication Date: March 1972
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Issues: #183 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: 01/25/1972
Volume: 24
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader #79.
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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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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Images3
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets2
Indicia
 
 
Statement of Ownership
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Karkan [Kal-El]
First Line: Me...Superbaby...Now mighty lord of the jungle!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #28 published January 1985
as kein deutscher Titel [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1240
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Karkan the Mighty -- Lord of the Jungle!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Karkan [Kal-El]; Keena; Toni; Martha Kent (cameo flashback); Jonathan Kent (cameo flashback); Collins; Karl; Toni
Synopsis: What if Kal-El's rocket from Krypton landed in the jungle and he was raised by apes?
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #178 published August 1974
as Karkan the Mighty--Lord of the Jungle! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #28 published January 1985
as Karkan, König des Dschungels! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Job Number: B-1182
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superboy; Krypto
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Job Number: B-1237
Disclose Notes: Excerpts of letters from readers: Curtis Dickinson, Buster Phillips, Clint Thomas, Phil Botwinick, Sandra F. Sutherland, Bob Rozakis, Guy Sharwood, Howard Stangroom, Leslie Mansfield, Richard H. Morrissey, X, Phil B.
Note that George Klein inked Ben-Hur story in Superboy #179
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Statement of October 1, 1971
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 353,642
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 321,949
Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., 909 Third Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10022, wholly owned by Kinney National Services, Inc., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10020, a publicly-held corporation
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War of the Wraith-Mates!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Shadow Lass [Tasmia Mallor]; Karate Kid [Val Armorr]; Mon-El [Lar Gand]; Princess Projectra [Projectra Wind'zzor]]; Marlxa; Krogl
Synopsis: Four Legionnaires are inhabited by squabbling entities.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #21/1972 published October 1972
as Die Weltraumparasiten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #164 published April 1973
as War of the Wraith-Mates! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #10 published December 2000
as War of the Wraith-Mates! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Job Number: B-1188
Disclose Notes: Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives.

Shadow Lass, Princess Projectra, and Karate Kid appear in the costumes designed by fans which were presented in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #403.
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Gravity Girl of Smallville!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lana Lang [Gravity Girl]; Professor Lewis Lang; Mrs. Lang; Krypto; Martha Kent
Synopsis: Lana's father brings back an anti-gravity belt he found on an expedition, and Lana embarks on a super-heroic career.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #285 published June 1961
was Gravity Girl of Smallville! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Job Number: B-1234

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