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SUPERBOY #124

Cover Date: October 1965
Cover Price: $.12
Publication Date: 1965-08-19

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein


Story: "The Insect Queen of Smallville" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringVivian Berg
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Adventure Comics #336; next in flashback in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #60/3)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (given a biogenetic ring and becomes "Insect Queen;" last in issue #123/3; next in flashback in Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #60/3)
Sarah Lang (last in Adventure Comics #312/2; next in issue #164

Villain(s):

a burglar (first appearance)
a gang of warehouse thieves (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

an unidentified alien explorer (first appearance; rescued by Lana Lang, he gives her a biogenetic ring as a reward; next in issue #127)
a teacher and students at Smallville High

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Family #167/8 (October-November 1974)
Best of DC #67 (December 1985)
Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #4 ([May] 1994)
Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #2 ([June] 2008)
Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #2 ([August] 2018)


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Second Story: "Superbaby's First Fight!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringMilt Snapinn
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superbaby (last in issue #120/2; next in flashback in Action Comics #337)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in issue #120/2; next in flashback in issue #172)
Martha Kent (last/next in ???)
Phineas Potter (last in flashback in New Adventures of Superboy #26; next in Adventure Comics #291)

Other Character(s):

"Dynamite" Dick (first appearance; a boxer; unknowingly receives temporary invulnerability from Professor Potter's invention)
"Lefty" Hooker (first appearance; a boxer)
citizens of Smallville

Location(s):

Smallville


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Third Story: "The Toughest Kid in Smallville!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryLeo Dorfman
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringVivian Berg
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy of Earth-124.2 (Clark Kent; first appearance; see Comments; acts like a bully to conceal his identity as Superboy)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent of Earth-124.2 (first appearance)
Martha Kent of Earth-124.2 (first appearance)
Lana Lang of Earth-124.2 (first appearance)
Chief Parker of Earth-124.2 (first appearance)

Villain(s):

two crooks from the Metropolis Crime Syndicate

Other Character(s):

a teacher and the High School principal
Smallville High students (Ben Coles, Billy, Gary Brown, Jean, Steven Hanson named)

Location(s):

Earth-124.2 (first appearance; see Comments)
Smallville

Comment(s):

This was originally presented as an "Imaginary" Story, but was later revealed as occurring on "Earth-124.2," as designated in Crisis On Infinite Earths: Absolute Edition (November 2005.)


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