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SUPERBOY #196
Cover Date: July 1973
Cover Price: $.20
Publication Date: 1973-04-19
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Cover Credits:
Art: Nick Cardy
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Credits:
| Story | Leo Dorfman |
| Pencils | Bob Brown |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Jonathan Kent (last/next in ???)
- Martha Kent (last in flashback in issue #7/3; next in flashback in #144/2)
Villain(s):
- Lobko (first appearance; self-described director of the "world's most efficient spy network;" ingests a "bio-nuclear energy capsule" to briefly gain super strength; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Alex Crowley (first appearance; a scientist working on a "bio-nuclear energy cell" to create an "atom-powered super-being;" husband of Lila Crowley)
- Lila Crowley (first appearance; a scientist working on a "bio-nuclear energy cell" to create an "atom-powered super-being;" wife of Alex Crowley)
Location(s):
- Smallville
- Alex and Lila Crowley's farm (formerly the Kent Farm)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place early in Superboy's official career as proving himself responsible, Clark is allowed to act as Superboy.
Credits:
| Story | Leo Dorfman |
| Pencils | Bob Brown |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Jonathan Kent (in between issues #194 and #208)
- Martha Kent (in between issues #194 and #208)
- Lana Lang (between issues #195 and #197/2)
Other Character(s):
- Carl Clayton (first appearance; also seen in flashback to 1690; the richest man in Smallville; secretly a three hundred year old man, throughout the years posing as his next descendent; dies)
- Nell Porter (first appearance; in flashback to 1690; wrongly convicted by the-Justice Carl Clayton, curses him to "live to taste the very flames of hell" and "only a power not of this world; dies)
- citizens of Smallville
Location(s):
- Smallville (also in flashback to 1690 as "Fort Smallville")
Comment(s):
- This story takes place on Founder's Day; celebrating the beginnings of Smallville.
Credits:
| Story | Leo Dorfman |
| Pencils | Bob Brown |
| Inks | Vince Colletta |
| Editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Feature Character(s):
- Superbaby (last in issue #192/2; next in Superman Family #182/2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jonathan Kent (last/next in ???)
- Martha Kent (last/next in ???)
Villain(s):
- Gurney Galton (first appearance; driver of the Red Devil race car; cheats during the race)
- Kean (first appearance; designer of the Red Devil race car; helped sabotage Matt Weston's race car)
Other Character(s):
- Matt Weston (first appearance; a race car driver and old friend of Jonathan Kent; unable to race due to a broken arm, has Jonathan substitute)
- the president of National Motors (first appearance)
Location(s):
- Smallville
- unidentified location (site of the "Cross-Country Challenge Cup 300")
Comment(s):
- Jonathan Kent is revealed to have been a race car driver before becoming a farmer.