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Superboy #173 (1971) · The Collector

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Superboy (1949)
#173

DC Comics#173

Superboy

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Superboy #173

The Super-Clark of Smallville! / Trust Me or Kill Me!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: April 1971
On sale: Feb 16, 1971
Cover price: $0.15
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Credits

Writers: Leo Dorfman, Cary Bates
Pencillers: Bob Brown, George Tuska
Inkers: Dick Giordano, George Tuska
Letterers: Ray Holloway, Ben Oda

Sources

Grand Comics Database issue 24147

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Clark pretends to get super powers from ancient ambrosia. However, after Lex drains Superboy of his powers, Superboy must use ambrosia to replace them.

Covers

Neal Adams, Dick Giordano

Editor

Murray Boltinoff

Cover letters

Gaspar Saladino

Characters

Bouncing Boy· Cameo
Colossal Boy· Cameo
Dream Girl· Cameo
Jonathan Kent
Kal-El]
Lana Lang
Legion of Super-Heroes
Lex Luthor
Light Lass· Cameo
Matter-Eater Lad· Cameo
Mon-El· Cameo
Mordru
Phantom Girl· Cameo
Pol Krinn
Professor Lang
Saturn Girl· Cameo
Star Boy· Cameo
Sun Boy· Cameo
Superboy [Clark Kent
Timber Wolf· Cameo

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