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Superboy #171 (1971) · The Collector

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Superboy (1949)
#171

DC Comics#171

Superboy

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Superboy #171

Dark Strangler of the Seas!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: January 1971
On sale: Nov 19, 1970
Cover price: $0.15
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Credits

Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Bob Brown
Inker: Murphy Anderson
Letterer: John Costanza

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Grand Comics Database issue 23958

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Superboy and Aquaboy team up to stop leaking oil transport ships from killing marine life.

Covers

Carmine Infantino, Murphy Anderson

Editor

Murray Boltinoff

Cover letters

Gaspar Saladino

Characters

Aquaboy
Clark Kent
Marita
Superboy [Kal-El

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