Superboy #8

(August 2011)

Rise of the Hollow Men, Part One: Into the Broken Silo (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Jeff Lemire

Pencils

Pier Nicola Gallo

Inks

Pier Nicola Gallo

Colors

Jamie Grant; Dominic Regan

Letters

Carlos M. Mangual

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Conner Kent]; Krypto; Simon Valentine; Lori Luthor; Psionic Lad; Mr. Lynch; The Phantom Stranger; Tannarak [as The Phantom Stranger]; Nate Kent (flashback); Albert Valentine (flashback); Eben Took (flashback); Jonathan Talbot (flashback); Harold Took (flashback); William Took (flashback)

Synopsis

In front of the diner in Smallville, Mr. Lynch tells Superboy how long ago Jonathan Kent's ancestor Sheriff Nate Kent and his deputy Albert Valentine had stopped Eben Took and his three sons from performing demonic rites on their farm. At the end of the story, however, the Phantom Stranger possesses Mr. Lynch and warns Superboy that a woman he knows is in danger. Simon and Psionic Lad arrive, and the three rush to the old Took farm, now the site of Lori Luthor's home. There, the Phantom Stranger takes them far down into the ground where they find the Hollow Men.

Reprints

• in Superboy: Smallville Attacks (DC, 2011 series) (2011 [February 2012])

Super 8 [35mm Special Issue] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Super 8 / advertisement / 12 pages (report information)

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

Superboy / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

? (responses)

Pencils

Karl Kerschl (cover preview); ? (header)

Inks

Karl Kerschl (cover preview); ? (header)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Conner Kent]

Indexer Notes

Includes a preview of the cover to the following issue. Also includes "In the Spotlight" column plugging three graphic novels collecting stories featuring Static.