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SUPERBOY #176

Cover Date: July 1971
Cover Price: $.15
Publication Date: 1971-05-20

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Cover Credits:
Art: Neal Adams


Story: "The Secret of Superboy's "Sister"" (15 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsBob Brown
InksMurphy Anderson
LetteringBen Oda
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent
Martha Kent

Villain(s):

Truhls (a hostile alien race; two members seen; others in flashback; first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Kathie Warren (a young girl; gains an extraordinary intellect in a "space-brain" explosion; first appearance; next in issue #191)
Lisa Warren (her mother, an old friend of Martha Kent's; first appearance; next in issue #191)
Hal Warren (Kathie's father, Lisa's husband; first appearance; next in issue #191)
Ernie (owner of a junkyard; first appearance)
principal of Smallville High School

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Smallville
Unidentified Space Sector
an alien world (in flashback)


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Second Story: "Invisible Invader" (7 Pages)

Credits:

StoryE. Nelson Bridwell
ArtGeorge Tuska
LetteringJoe Letterese
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes
Chemical King (last in Action Comics #389/2; next in issue #195/2)
Cosmic Boy (in between issues #173/2 and #191/2)
Invisible Kid (last in Adventure Comics #380; next in issue #190/2; also in flashback to origin)
Mon-El (last in Action Comics #392/2; next in issue #183/2)
Ultra Boy (last in Action Comics #387/2; next in issue #184/2)

Villain(s):

a criminal with invisibility powers (first appearance)
his partner (first appearance)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Superboy (narrates the opening of the story)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Metropolis
Legion Headquarters

Story Reprinted in:

Best of DC #24 (May 1982)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #10 (2000)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #4 ([September] 2010)


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