Superboy (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1962.
Synopsis for "Ma and Pa Kent's Incredible Delusion!"
Phantom Zone inmates Dr. Xadu and his wife, Erndine Ze-Da, escape when a rift is created through a volcanic explosion. They capture and impersonate Jonathan and Martha Kent, pretending insanity so as to set Superboy up for a trap. Superboy deduces their true identities, and exiles them to a world under a red sun, where they have no super-powers.
Appearing in "Ma and Pa Kent's Incredible Delusion!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jonathan Kent
- Martha Kent
- Lana Lang
- Jor-El (Flashback only)
- Lara (Flashback only)
Antagonists:
- Phantom Zoners
- Dr. Xadu
- Erndine Ze-Da (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Jax-Ur (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth
- Foreign Legion Military Post
- Hillsdale Fireworks Company
- Sahara Desert
- Smallville
- Kent Farm
- Kent Store
- Volcano
- Krypton (Flashback only)
- Fire Falls (Flashback only)
- Jewel Mountains (Flashback only)
- Phantom Zone
- Red Sun
- Planet Exon
Items:
- Earthquake Machine
- Punishment Ray
Vehicles:
- Rocket
Map:
- Krypton
- Argo City
- Anti-Gravity Sky Palace
- Atomic Town
- Fire Falls
- Fort Rozz
- Gold Volcano
- Great Krypton Sea
- Hall of World's
- Jewel Mountains
- Kandor
- Kryptonians Zoo
- Lake Trom
- Meteor Valley
- Planetary Weather Control Tower
- Rainbow Canyon
- Robot Factory
- Scarlet Jungle
- Small Krypton Sea
- Xeno River
Synopsis for "The Day Pete Ross Became a Robot!"
While Superboy is at a meeting of the Legion of Super-Heroes, Pete Ross damages a Superboy robot left on guard duty and must impersonate the robot and find ways of approximating its super-feats in emergencies.
Appearing in "The Day Pete Ross Became a Robot!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Chief Parker
- Jonathan Kent
- Legion of Super-Heroes
- Chameleon Boy (Flashback only)
- Cosmic Boy (Flashback only)
- Lightning Lad (Flashback only)
- Saturn Girl (Flashback only)
- Ultra-Boy (Flashback and main story)
- Martha Kent
Other Characters:
- Professor Lang (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- 20th Century
- Metropolis
- Metropolis Jewelry Exchange
- Smallville
- The Kent home
- Smallville Harbor
- Smallville Police Headquarters
- White House (Mentioned only)
- Metropolis
- 30th Century
- Timestream
Items:
- Antigravity belt
- Iceberg
- Metal Flower from Planet Zendar
- Smallville Star Newspaper
- Superboy Robots
Vehicles:
Map:
- From Earth to Krypton
- Argo City
- Crimson Cosmic Cloud
- Krypton (Destroyed)
- Krypto's Rocket
- Kryptonian Rocket
- Supergirl's Rocket
Notes
- "The Day Pete Ross Became a Robot!" was reprinted in Superman Family #167.
Trivia
- Dr Xadu escapes the Phantom Zone in "Ma and Pa Kent's Incredible Delusion!", and is never returned. As Superboy stories take place in Superman's past, Xadu was retroactively removed from the zone in Superman Family #178 and Superboy #121; and replaced with Kru-El.
- Despite Kansas being generally land-locked; in this issue, an iceberg appears in Smallville harbor.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Superboy Recommended Reading
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
- Superboy (Volume 1)
- Superboy (Volume 2)
- Superboy (Volume 4)
- Superboy (Volume 5)
- Superboy (Volume 6)
- Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- Superboy and the Ravers (Volume 1)
- Young Justice (Volume 1)
- Young Justice (Volume 3)
- Teen Titans (Volume 3)
- Teen Titans (Volume 4)
- Legion of Super-Heroes Recommended Reading
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
- Adventure Comics (Volume 2)
- The Legion (Volume 1)
- Legion Lost (Volume 2)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 3)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 5)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 7)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 8)
- Legionnaires (Volume 1)
- Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)