Superboy #183

(March 1972)

Karkan the Mighty -- Lord of the Jungle! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leo Dorfman [as David George]

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-1182

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Karkan [Kal-El]; Keena; Toni; Martha Kent (cameo flashback); Jonathan Kent (cameo flashback)

Synopsis:

What if Kal-El's rocket from Krypton landed in the jungle and he was raised by apes?

Reprints:

• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #178 ([Circa June 1974])
• in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #28 (März 1985)

Indexer Notes

Imaginary Story

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Murray Boltinoff

Pencils:

Curt Swan ? (logo Illustration)

Inks:

? (logo illustration)

Colors:

? (logo illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

excerpts from reader letters

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer 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

War of the Wraith-Mates! (Table of Contents)

A New Tale of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Letterese

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Shadow Lass; Karate Kid; Mon-El; Princess Projectra]

Synopsis:

Four Legionnaires are inhabited by squabbling entities.

Reprints:

• in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #21/1972 (14. Oktober 1972)
• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #164 (Circa April 1973)
• in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #10 (2000)

Indexer 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.

Gravity Girl of Smallville! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Job Number:

B-1234

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

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.

Reprints:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #285 (June 1961)