CATALOG RECORD

Superboy #172

DC · Series began 1949 · March 1971

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Dates

Cover date: March 1971
On sale: January 7, 1971
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Neal Adams, Bob Brown, George Tuskainks: Neal Adams, Murphy Anderson, George Tuskaletters: Gaspar Saladino, John Costanza, Joe Letteresescript: Frank Robbins, E. Nelson Bridwell, Murray Boltinoff, Bernard Kashdan

Stories

The World of the Super-Ape! · 15 pages
Superboy meets Yango, a gorilla from Krypton, who speaks Kryptonian and possesses the same powers as Superboy. Yango was sent from Krypton to Earth in a parallel ship by noted Kryptonian anthropologist An-Kal, who seems to have also believed Jor-El's theory of Krypton exploding. Yango metes out justice to poachers and the random warlord and Superboy establishes himself as The Super-Ape's ally.
Brotherly Hate! · 7 pages
Lightning Lad, Light Lass, and Timber Wolf track down Lightning Lord, who has robbed the Inter-Planetary Bank.

Reprinted in

Superman Supacomic (1959), Superman Presents Superboy Comic (1976), Super Heroes Album (1976), DC Special Series (1977), The Best of DC (1979), The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (1991), Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (2007), DC Finest: Legion of Super-Heroes: Zap Goes the Legion (2024)