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Issue: Superboy #184
Publication Date: April 1972
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Issues: #184 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: 02/24/1972
Volume: 24
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from an ad in Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #162 (April-May 1972) and Comic Reader #81.
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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.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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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
 
 
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The Glass Nightmare

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Madame Sinstra
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #5/1972 published September 1972
as Trollspeilet [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1299
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The Glass Nightmare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Madame Sinstra [Lucia]; Lana Lang; Eliphas; Faustus (flashback); Agathra
Synopsis: A coven takes revenge on Superboy for the death of their leader.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #5/1972 published September 1972
as Trollspeilet [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #163 published March 1973
as The Glass Nightmare [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
Job Number: B-1211
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Dial H for Hero

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Robby Reed [Giantboy; Cometeer; the Mole] (origin); Gramps Reed; Miss Millie; Bart; the Thunderbolt Gang; Mr. Thunder; Mr. Marlboro; Mr. Armour
Synopsis: Robby Reed discovers a mysterious dial that can transform him into different super-heroes. He uses his new found powers to battle the Thunderbolt Gang, but their leader, Mr. Thunder, escapes.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagHouse of Mystery #156 published January 1966
was Dial H for Hero [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13.67
Job Number: B-1301
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One Legionnaire Must Go!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen]; Matter-Eater Lad [Tenzil Kem]; Ultra Boy [Jo Nah]]; Renkil Kem
Synopsis: Saturn Girl detects treasonous thoughts coming from Matter-Eater Lad, but it turns out he was being framed by his jealous younger brother.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #156 published August 1972
as One Legionnaire Must Go! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #5/1972 published September 1972
as En Lovens Vokter må bort! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #10 published December 2000
as One Legionnaire Must Go! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Job Number: B-1278
Disclose Notes: Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives. As Dave Cockrum explains in the foreword to that volume and elsewhere, the art credits were flipped on this story because he was a novice and the editor did not want to offend the veteran Murphy Anderson.

First Cockrum art on Legion of Super-Heroes feature.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ? (logo illustration)
Inker(s): ? (logo illustration)
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superboy; Krypto
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-1290
Disclose Notes: Letters from: Illona R. Arywitz, Richard H. Morrissey, Laurie Williams, Jo Davoli.

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