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Issue: Superboy #171
Publication Date: January 1971
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Issues: #171 of 230 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: National Periodical Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/19/1970
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#129, 138, 147, 156, 165, 185, 202, 205, 208)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
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Adult Image
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Dark Strangler of the Seas

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Aquaboy [Arthur Curry]; two villainous frogmen
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #9/1971 published May 1971
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B841
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Dark Strangler of the Seas!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Aquaboy [Arthur Curry]; Marita (look-alike)
Synopsis: Superboy and Aquaboy team up to stop leaking oil transport ships from killing marine life.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #9/1971 published May 1971
as Schwarzer Tod des Meeres [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of DC #7 published September 1980
as Dark Strangler of the Seas! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy #5/1981 published January 1981
as Havets svarte død [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Extra #3 published January 1981
as Der dunkle Tod der Meere [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told #[nn] published March 2010
as Dark Strangler of the Seas! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 22
Job Number: B-758
Disclose Notes: Aquaboy in this story is the future Aquaman.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (logo illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Superboy; Krypto
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: B-838
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from: Perry Bender, P.L. Watkins, Mark Croy. Excerpts of letters from John Monch, Ellen Standish, Dan Jordan, Bill Glasscoe, George Walker, Terry Klein, Walter Moore, Jim Eberwine, Art Lobard, Jim Michaels, and Irma of San Francisco.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Superboy [Clark Kent]
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Explanation of why the setting of Superboy's stories has been updated to the 50s. Numbered page 22.
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A New Year Brings a New Beginning for Superman 1971

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Two page synopsis of changes in the Superman mythos.

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