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SUPERBOY #178

Cover Date: October 1971
Cover Price: $.25

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Neal Adams
Inks: Dick Giordano

Story: "Pawn of the Monster-Maker!" (14 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Leo Dorfman
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Lettering	Ben Oda
Editing	Murray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (reuses the asteroid; last in issue #109 to temporarily house his equipment; destroyed)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent

Martha Kent

Lana Lang

Villain(s):

Jan Milo (first appearance; a movie director specializing in monster movies)

Klip (first appearance; Milo's assistant; creates a morph-ray that temporarily changes people into monsters; modified with a Red Kryptonite lens that affects Superboy)

Location(s):

Smallville

Glorr (first appearance; a planet who polluted its atmosphere and mutated animals and plants that became dangerous)

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Feature: {{{story}}} (1 Pages)

Credits:

Bob Brown (pencils)

Murphy Anderson (inks)

Murray Boltinoff (edits)

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (explains the origins of Kryptonite and his early encounters with it)

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

Credits:

Story	Leo Dorfman (as Geoff Brown)
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Editing	Murray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superbaby

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent

Martha Kent

Villain(s):

Kimbro and Rowley (first appearance for both; two robbers attempting to retrieve loot from a remote lake)

Other Character(s):

Gary (first appearance; a toddler warlock who becomes friends with young Clark)

Gary's parents (first appearance for both)

Location(s):

Redstone Park

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Third Story (reprint): Part I: "The Lone Wolf Legionnaire!" (15 Pages) Part II: "The Youth Who Wasn't Human!"

Credits (new material only):

Editing

Murray Boltinoff

Feature Character(s):

Superboy

Legion of Super-Heroes

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from : Adventure Comics #327 (December 1964)

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