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Superboy 189

SUPERBOY #189

Cover Date: August 1972
Cover Price: $.20
Publication Date: 1972-06-27

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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy


Story: "The Curse of the Hangman's Noose!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsBob Brown
InksMurphy Anderson
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in between issues #186 and #192)
Martha Kent (in between issues #184 and #192)

Villain(s):

Phantom Zone Prisoners
General Zod (last in issue #109/2; next in New Adventures of Superboy #9)
Jax-Ur (last in issue #162; next in New Adventures of Superboy #9)
Kru-El (last in issue #121; next in Action Comics #297/2)

Other Character(s):

Psykonians (first mentioned; an alien race)
Sir Julian Kent (first appearance; in flashback; a 17th Century "hanging judge;" ancestor of Jonathan Kent; family line cursed by a criminal he sentenced to death)
Mark Kent (first appearance; in flashback; a farmer; ancestor of Jonathan Kent; dies)
Captain John Kent (first appearance; in flashback; a fisherman; ancestor of Jonathan Kent; dies)
Simon Kent (first appearance; in flashback; a wigmaker; ancestor of Jonathan Kent; dies)
a deer poacher in 17th Century England (in flashback)
a criminal he sentenced to death by Sir Julian Kent (in flashback; curses the Kent family line that one should die every 50 years by hanging)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
England (in flashback to 17th Century)
Smallville
various unidentified locations (some in flashback)
Unidentified Space Sector
Psyk (first mentioned)
Phantom Zone


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Second Story: "The Runaway Superbaby!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
PencilsBob Brown
InksMurphy Anderson
EditingMurray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Clark Kent (as a baby; in between issues #187/2 and #192/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last/next in ???)
Martha Kent (last/next in ???)

Villain(s):

"Fingers" Daley (first appearance; a criminal)
Irene (first appearance; a criminal)

Location(s):

Smallville
Metropolis
various locations around the world


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