Superboy #162
(January 1970)

DC, 1949 Series
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Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Feb., Aug., and Nov.
On-sale Date
1969-11-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Murray Boltinoff

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #75 and copyright registration.

The Super-Phantom of Smallville! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
B 453
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Krypto; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
Reprints

The Super-Phantom of Smallville! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy / comic story / 22.83 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Robbins
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Mike Esposito (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
B-278
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Phantom Zone inhabitants [Cha-Mel (introduction); Jax-Ur; Professor Vakox; Gra-Mo]
Synopsis
Phantom Zone villains try to trick Superboy into releasing them but they are foiled by Krypto.
Reprints
Keywords
Phantom Zone

Indexer Notes

Across 24 pages, but pages 6 and 24 are 2/3-pages and page 15 is a 1/2-page. Esposito inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Brown.

[Clark Kent] (Table of Contents: 2)

The Superboy Legend / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Mike Esposito (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza (sourced)

Job Number
B-434
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Superboy's alter ego is explained. Esposito inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Brown.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Pencils
George Papp ? (logo illustration)
Inks
George Papp ? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-466
Characters
Superboy; Krypto

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from: Tom Fazio, Janet Mooney, Eddy Galla, Abe Bernstein. Excerpts of letters from: Jared Widell, Gary Skinner, Bernard Williams, Mike Werner.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Super-Phantom of Smallville!
    Superboy
  2. 1. The Super-Phantom of Smallville!
    Superboy
  3. 2. [Clark Kent]
    The Superboy Legend
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Smallville Mailsack
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • CTGarry
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore