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Superboy #196 (1973) · The Collector

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Superboy (1949)
#196

DC Comics#196

Superboy

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Superboy #196

Superboy's First Mission / The Living Ghost! / Big Race for a Mini-Hero!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: July 1973
On sale: Apr 19, 1973
Cover price: $0.20
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Writer: Leo Dorfman
Penciller: Bob Brown
Inker: Vince Colletta
Cover: Nick Cardy

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