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Superboy #163 (1970) · The Collector

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Superboy (1949)
#163

DC Comics#163

Superboy

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Superboy #163

Reform School Rebel! / And Here's Your Sneak Preview of Our Sensational Giant! / The Super-Robot / Superboy's Powers

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: March 1970
On sale: Jan 6, 1970
Cover price: $0.15
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Credits

Writers: Frank Robbins, Otto Binder, E. Nelson Bridwell, Henry Boltinoff
Pencillers: Bob Brown, Murphy Anderson, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff
Inkers: Mike Esposito, Murphy Anderson, John Giunta, Henry Boltinoff

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Grand Comics Database issue 23334

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Superboy helps Gratch track down Skimpy, who has broken out of the local reform school farm. After listening to Skimpy's tale of abuse at the hands of Gratch and his lackeys, Superboy trades places to go undercover at the farm to expose conditions there.

Letterers

Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza, Joe Letterese, Henry Boltinoff

Cover

Neal Adams

Editor

Murray Boltinoff

Business manager

Bernard Kashdan

Cover letters

Gaspar Saladino

Characters

Evil-Eye Gratch
Knucks Mangrin
Krypto
Monk
Mrs. Sills
Pop Peabody
Reverse Flash
Silky
Skimpy Sills
Superboy
Superboy Robot
The Flash
unnamed members of the State Commission

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