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Issue: Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told #[nn]
Publication Date: March 2010
 
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [swirl]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 01/20/2010
Volume: none
Pages: 172
ISBN: 9781401226527
UPC/EAN: 978140122652751999
Price: $24.99 CAD
$19.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 21 (12 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Reprints various Superboy stories originally published between 1955 and 1981.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: softcover
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
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Superboy

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First Line: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told
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Contents

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Disclose Notes: Superboy headshot isolated from the cover image.
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The Wizard City

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mrs. Olsen (Jimmy's mother); Vedders; Sir Roland; other descendants of knights from the Crusades
First Line: There's our target! Krypton City must be destroyed. Do you understand?
Synopsis: When a criminal hides in a city composed entirely of kryptonite, Superboy needs the help of Professor Olsen to capture him.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #216 published September 1955
was The Wizard City [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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A Visit from Superman's Pal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Clark and Lana's classmates; the people of Smallville
First Line: Like any youngster, Superboy sometimes wonders about his future life as Superman!
Synopsis: Jimmy accidentally goes back in time and ends up in Smallville.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #55 published March 1957
was A Visit from Superman's Pal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Clark Kent, Cub Reporter

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): the editor of the Metropolis Times; a spelunker; two members of the Bullet Gang; Daily Planet staffers; the people of Metropolis
First Line: My telescopic vision shows a big fire in Metropolis! A job for Superboy... which will make a super-scoop for Clark Kent!
Synopsis: Clark applies for a summer job at the Daily Planet.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #63 published March 1958
was Clark Kent, Cub Reporter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Superboy Meets Robin the Boy Wonder

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Pete Groff; Professor Higgins; Professor Wilcox; Professor Wolfe; the Bandit Gang; a surgeon
First Line: Two of the most famous youngsters are Superboy -- and Robin, the Boy Wonder! But, because Superboy is of the past, and Robin of the present, it is impossible for the two boys to meet!
Synopsis: Professor Nichols sends Robin into the past to destroy a machine that will one day kill Superman.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #253 published October 1958
was Superboy Meets Robin the Boy Wonder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12.67
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Disclose Notes: Illustration of Superboy feature logo, occupying a space originally filled with an ad on the bottom of the last page of the preceding story sequence.
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Superboy Meets the Young Green Arrow!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Oliver Queen's butler (on time-screen); a history teacher at Smallville High School; a man dressed as Jesse James; a boy dressed as John L. Sullivan; a boy dressed as King Arthur; a man dressed as Sir Modred; Tom Hawkes [boy dressed as Harry Houdini]; Jim Brand of the Brand B Ranch; Fred Winters [boy dressed as Benjamin Franklin]; man dressed as the Sheriff of Nottingham; Will Bronson [boy dressed as Daniel Boone]; man dressed as a Cherokee chief; police officer
First Line: Oops! I missed again!
Synopsis: Superboy observes Green Arrow on his time scope and decides to help the young Oliver develop his skills after Oliver moves to Smallville.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #258 published March 1959
was Superboy Meets the Young Green Arrow! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12.67
Disclose Notes: A blurb promoting the Green Arrow story following this story in the original issue has been removed in this reprint.
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Disclose Notes: Illustration of Superboy feature logo, occupying a space originally filled with an ad on the bottom of the last page of the preceding story sequence.
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Superboy Meets Supergirl!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Tommy Dale and his friends; the people of Argo City (flashback); two alien mermen
First Line: We all have our secret hopes and dreams. One of Superboy's secret desires is to know a human pal possessing super-strength equal to his...
Synopsis: Supergirl goes back into the past to meet Superboy so he can have a super-playmate.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #80 published April 1960
was Superboy Meets Supergirl! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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How Luthor Met Superboy!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mr. Wade (a farmer); the people of Smallville
First Line: Everyone knows that Superman's arch-foe is Luthor. But what brought on the enmity between the two?
Synopsis: Young Lex and Superboy start out as friends, but after Superboy accidentally destroys Luthor's laboratory, ruined one of Lex's great discoveries and causing Lex to lose his hair, Luthor vows revenge.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #271 published April 1960
was How Luthor Met Superboy! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Jim Saunders (owner of the Seaside Aquarium); Saunders' landlord; two of Lori's friends; people of Poseidonis (home of Aquaman); Morgol (Lori's sea-creature pet); people of Tritonis (Lori's home city); a giant sea crab
First Line: Everyone has heard of Lori Lemaris, the mermaid from Atlantis, whom Superman has met on many occassions!
Synopsis: Superboy meets Lori Lemaris as a teenager.
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From Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #280 published January 1961
was Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 12
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Jor-El's Visit to Earth!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Blak-Du (Phantom Zone criminal and former college roommate of Jor-El); two unnamed Phantom Zone criminals; a sea serpent
First Line: Surprise number one -- a boy suddenly arrives in Smallville with super-powers! Surprise number two -- the lad comes from the world Krypton before it exploded!
Synopsis: A young Jor-El takes a time trip to Earth and meets Superboy.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #121 published June 1965
was Jor-El's Visit to Earth! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Dark Strangler of the Seas!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Marita (Aquaboy's girlfriend); Mac and Jim (two fishermen); three workers at Industrial Detergents, Inc.; Aquaboy's porpoise friends (one of whom dies from drowning in crude oil in flashback); the captain and crew of a Trans-East oil tanker; two top executives of Trans-East Oil Co.
First Line: Superboy's super-human assistance has helped land a bizarre denizen of the deep, never before seen by human or super-human eyes:
Synopsis: Superboy and Aquaboy team up to stop leaking oil transport ships from killing marine life.
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #171 published January 1971
was Dark Strangler of the Seas! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 21
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The Forging of Young Batman!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): several unnamed DC Comics editors on Earth-Prime; a burglar; two criminals (on time-screen); two arsonists; several Gotham City firefighters; a police officer; a crowd on a Gotham pier; Otis Higbee (reporter for the Gotham Gazette); several supposed victims of the (non-existent) "Zodiac Killer;" Bruce Wayne's collection of bats; judges, contestants and spectators of a fishing contest; editor of the Gotham Gazette (flashback)
First Line: Some time ago, at an emergency meeting of D.C. editors...
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From Content Item: FlagSuperboy #182 published February 1972
was The Forging of Young Batman! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 22
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Superboy's Wild Weekend Out West!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): students of Smallville High School; two escaped circus tigers; two middle-aged women; the captain, co-pilot (named Hansen), a flight attendant and several first-class passengers on Flight 609 from Metropolis to Coast City; Martha's sister Mary and her husband, Fred; Officer Rowe of Smallville PD; several mobsters in Smallville; Fred's niece, Esther; teenagers and other people on a California beach; a family in a sinking boat, rescued by Superboy; several sharks; guests at Mary and Fred's silver anniversary party; several smugglers
First Line: I've got less than a second to switch back to my glasses and trunks before this wave breaks --
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From Content Item: FlagThe New Adventures of Superboy #13 [Direct] published January 1981
was Superboy's Wild Weekend Out West! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 25
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The World's Greatest Superheroes, the World's Greatest Stories

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Disclose Notes: Promo for DC's Greatest Stories Ever Told volumes with images of the covers of JLA: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2006 series), Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2004 series) #1, Batman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2005 series) #1 and Wonder Woman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told (DC, 2007 series).
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The Adventures of Superman, When He Was a Boy

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First Line: The Man of Steel defines what it means to be a superhero. HIs powers are unmatched and his spirit incorruptible.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover. Artwork cropped from the cover image.

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