Superboy
#174
(May-June 1971)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Feb., Aug. and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1971-03-09
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- E. Nelson Bridwell
Issue Notes
Also designated on cover as Giant (DC, 1969 series) #G83 and as G-83 on indicia page.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
On-sale date from copyright registration.
A Super-Collection of Super-Animals!
Superboy / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- N-220
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Krypto; Chandu
The Colossal Superdog!
Superboy / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Job Number
- N-237
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Krypto; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Superboy robots
- Synopsis
- A glowing purple meteor turns Krypto into a colossal superdog.
- Reprints
-
from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #262 (July 1959)
-
- Keywords
- kryptonite
Indexer Notes
Proto-Red Kryptonite story.
The Gorilla with Super-Eyes!
Superboy / comic story / 11.67 pages
- Job Number
- N-238
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Professor John Lang (incorrectly called Lewis?); Chandu (intro); Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; "Doc" Baird
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #219 (December 1955) [retitled]
-
Indexer Notes
The original title of this story was "The Gorilla With X-Ray Eyes!" In the original, Professor Lang was incorrectly called Thaddeus in this story, but it was changed to Lewis in this reprint.
The Super-Zoo from Krypton
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- N-236
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Professor Lang; Blacky Stone
- Synopsis
- Professor Lang discovers a bunch of eggs from Krypton.
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #53 (December 1956)
-
- Keywords
- kryptonite
The Bird with Super-Powers
Superboy / comic story / 12 pages
- Job Number
- N-234
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Lana Lang; Professor Lang; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
- Synopsis
- Professor Lang brings back a mynah bird that seems to have super-powers.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #225 (June 1956)
-
- Keywords
- kryptonite
The Superdog That Was Greater Than Krypto!
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Job Number
- N-235
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Krypto; Swifty (introduction); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #105 (June 1963)
-
- Keywords
- kryptonite; Orangestone National Park
Indexer Notes
A note was added at the end: "SWIFTY DID BECOME SUPER AGAIN. DO YOU WANT THAT STORY REPRINTED?"
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- N-229
- Feature Logo
- Giant Smallville Mailsack
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Gary Skinner, Jim Morrison, Dennis Tait, Chris Duane, David Becker.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
A Super-Collection of Super-Animals!
Superboy -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
The Colossal Superdog!
Superboy -
3.
The Gorilla with Super-Eyes!
Superboy -
4.
The Super-Zoo from Krypton
Superboy -
5.
The Bird with Super-Powers
Superboy -
6.
The Superdog That Was Greater Than Krypto!
Superboy -
7.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack
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- Katie
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- CTGarry
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Allen Ross
- Jim Van Dore
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