Superboy #176
(July 1971)

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
1971-05-20
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [character]
Editing
Murray Boltinoff

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Secret of Superboy's "Sister" (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams; Jack Adler ? (photograph background)
Inks
Neal Adams; Jack Adler ? (photograph background)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
B1007
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Kathy Warren
Reprints

The Secret of Superboy's "Sister" (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Leo Dorfman
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
B-949
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Kathy Warren; Lisa Warren; Truhls
Synopsis
The Kents take Kathy in when her mom is injured in an accident. Kathy acquires mental ability when she absorbs all the knowledge from a space-brain.
Reprints

Invisible Invader! (Table of Contents: 2)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
George Tuska
Inks
George Tuska
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
B-952
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Chemical King [Condo Arlik]; Invisible Kid [Lyle Norg]; Mon-El [Lar Gand]; Ultra Boy [Jo Nah]; Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn]]; Superboy [Kal-El; Clark Kent]
Synopsis
Chemical King and Invisible Kid have to work together to thwart a criminal who has duplicated Invisible Kid's invisibility serum.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives.

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

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

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

Job Number
B-996
Characters
Superboy; Krypto

Indexer Notes

Letter of comment from Sylvia Franks and autobiographical info on Cary Bates. Exerpts of letters from: Rudi Rankin, Marc Libowitz, Allen Atkinson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

In the Days of the Mob / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This is the beginning of the speak-out series!
Genre
adventure; crime

Indexer Notes

Illustrated promotional advertisement for In the Days of the Mob (DC, 1971 series) #1.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Secret of Superboy's "Sister"
    Superboy
  2. 1. The Secret of Superboy's "Sister"
    Superboy
  3. 2. Invisible Invader!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Smallville Mailsack
  5. 4. ["This is the beginning of the speak-out series!"]
    In the Days of the Mob
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  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Nick Caputo
  • CTGarry
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gregory Whitfield