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Superboy #198 (1973) · The Collector

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Superboy (1949)
#198

DC Comics#198

Superboy

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Superboy #198

The Fatal Five Who Twisted Time!

Publisher: DC Comics
Cover date: October 1973
On sale: Jul 24, 1973
Cover price: $0.20
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Credits

Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Dave Cockrum
Inker: Dave Cockrum
Letterer: Ben Oda

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Grand Comics Database issue 26738

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At a carnival in his own time period, Superboy faces the Fatal Five. A Legion team trails the Fatal Five to Superboy's time, while, due to a time-distortion machine placed in Superboy's time by the Fatal Five, the rest of the Legion and their headquarters fade from existence in the future. The Legion team in Superboy's time disables the time-distorting machine, and so in the future Legion headquarters rematerializes, imprisoning Mano and Tharok.

Cover

Nick Cardy

Editor

Murray Boltinoff

Characters

Chameleon Boy
Colossal Boy
Element Lad
Fatal Five [Emerald Empress
Karate Kid
Lana Lang
Legion of Super-Heroes [Brainiac 5
Mano]
Mon-El
Persuader
Princess Projectra]
Superboy
Tharok
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