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174May-June 1971
$0.25

Superboy #174

DC · May-June 1971 · on sale March 9, 1971

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Identification plate

Series
Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#174
Publication date
May-June 1971
Key date
May 1971
On-sale date
March 9, 1971
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.25
Pages
68
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0A Super-Collection of Super-Animals!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Murphy Anderson; letters: Gaspar SaladinoSuperboy [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Krypto; Chandu
1-table of contents1script: E. Nelson Bridwell
2The Colossal Superdog!comic story12.67script: Otto Binder; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp; letters: Joe LettereseSuperboy; Krypto; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Superboy robots
3The Gorilla with Super-Eyes!comic story11.67script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George KleinProfessor John Lang (incorrectly called Lewis?); Chandu (intro); Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; "Doc" Baird
4The Super-Zoo from Kryptoncomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaSuperboy; Professor Lang; Blacky Stone
5The Bird with Super-Powerscomic story12script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George KleinSuperboy; Lana Lang; Professor Lang; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
6The Superdog That Was Greater Than Krypto!comic story8script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al Plastino; letters: Joe LettereseSuperboy; Krypto; Swifty (introduction); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
7-letters page1script: E. Nelson Bridwell

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