Superboy and the Ravers #5

(January 1997)

Dial "X" for X-Mas (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy and the Ravers / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Karl Kesel; Steve Mattsson

Pencils

Paul Pelletier

Inks

Dan Davis

Colors

John Kalisz

Letters

Kevin Cunningham

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superboy [Kon-El]; Hero [Hero Cruz; also as Badaxe and Human Justice]; Scavenger; Aura; Half-Life; Kaliber; Sparx; Rex; Tana Moon; Kindred Marx; Phat-Boy (death); Claw Hammer; Dino-Mite; Catwalk; Fashion Police; Corpse Corps; Power-Boy (cameo); Gale Force; Tetrad Force; Bill Cruz; Hera Cruz; Hunter Cruz

Synopsis

Hero invites some of the Ravers to spend Christmas with his family, but their holiday is ruined by the arrival of the Scavenger, who wants the Achilles Vest that Hero wears. In the Scavenger's vault, Hero finds the H-Dial and uses it to stop the madman. Elsewhere (on his home planet of Boring II), Raver Phat-Boy is murdered by an unseen assailant.

Indexer Notes

The H-Dial in this story is the one from the second "Dial H for Hero" series from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #479-490.
Power-Boy previously appeared in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #52 (October 1956).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy and the Ravers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Chuck Kim

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Rick Blair, Neil Ahlquist, Blake Napper, and Elizabeth Speranza.