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SUPERBOY #98
Cover Date: July 1962
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1962-05-17
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein
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Credits:
| Story | ? |
| Art | Al Plastino |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Feature Character(s):
- Superboy (in between Adventure Comics #367 and #368)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jonathan Kent (last in Adventure Comics #297; next in second story this issue)
Villain(s):
- "Silk" Pomeroy (first appearance; a con artist, starts the Swankhurst Academy to get information on the students' wealthy parents)
- Gurkin (first appearance; Pomeroy's assistant)
- other member so Pomeroy's gang (first appearance of all)
Other Character(s):
- Mark Denley (a student; first appearance)
- Doctor Denley (Mark's father; first appearance)
- Otto Binker (a student; first appearance)
- Mr. and Mrs. Binker (Ottos; parents; first appearance)
- Carver (a student; first appearance)
- Dexter Van Smith (a student; first appearance)
- other students of Swankhurst Academy (first appearance of all)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This story takes place in the fall, at the start of the school year and over the course of three weeks,
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | George Klein |
| Lettering | Milt Snapinn |
| Assistant editing | E. Nelson Bridwell |
| Editing | Murray Boltinoff |
Feature Character(s):
- Superboy (last in the first story this issue; next in Adventure Comics #298)
Guest Star(s):
- Legion of Super-Heroes:
- Cosmic Boy (Rokk Krinn; behind the scenes; last in Action Comics #287/2; next in Adventure Comics #300/2)
- Lightning Lad (Garth Ranzz; behind the scenes; last in Action Comics #287/2; next in Adventure Comics #300/2)
- Saturn Girl (Imra Ardeen; last in Action Comics #287/2; next in Adventure Comics #300/2)
- Ultra Boy (Jo Nah; first appearance; also disguised as "Gary Crane;" also in flashback preceding the flashback in Adventure Comics #316)
Supporting Character(s):
- Jonathan Kent (last in the first story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #298)
- Martha Kent (in between Adventure Comics #297 and #298)
- Krypto (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #97/2; next in Adventure Comics #298)
- Lana Lang (in between Adventure Comics #297 and #298)
- Pete Ross (last in Superboy Vol. 1 #96; next in Adventure Comics #298)
- Marla Latham (first appearance; also disguised as "Ben Crane;" last chronological appearance in flashback in Secrets of the Legion of Super-Heroes #1; next in Action Comics #392)
Villain(s):
- a robber (first appearance)
Other Character(s):
- Mr. E. W. Lemley (first appearance; a bank manager)
- citizens of Smallville
Location(s):
- Space Sector 2814
- Unidentified Space Sector
- Rimbor (first mentioned)
Story Reprinted in:
- Superboy Vol. 1 #147 (July 1962)
- Adventure Comics #497 (March 1983)
- Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 (1991)
- Superboy #147 May-June 1968 Replica Edition ([January] 2003)
- Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)
- Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)