Superboy #104 is an issue of the series Superboy (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1963. It was published on February 14, 1963.
Synopsis for "The Untold Story of the Phantom Zone!"
Jor-El, who secretly serves as Krypton's masked "executioner", sends criminal Ha-Kor into orbit in a suspended animation chamber, but cannot make him reveal the name of his gang-boss, Gra-Mo. Gra-Mo is in competition with Jor-El for membership on the Science Council, intending to use his high position for the benefit of his criminal gang. Jor-El wins by his invention of the Phantom Zone Projector, which can exile Krypton's criminals to a shadowy dimension until their sentences are up. Angrily, Gra-Mo tries to take over Kryptonopolis by seizing control of the robot police, but Jor-El foils his scheme and captures Gra-Mo and his two hirelings. Since the Phantom Zone projector does not work yet, Gra-Mo and his two thugs are sent into suspended animation orbit. In time, Gra-Mo's prison capsule is knocked to Earth by a meteor, where he and his allies awaken and discover they have super-powers. They present an insurmountable obstacle to Superboy, who is outnumbered by them, and a secret formula has given them temporary immunity to Kryptonite. They attempt to bargain with Superboy for a Phantom Zone projector, with which they intend to release the Zoners, but Superboy tricks them with a phony projector and uses a real one to send the three of them into the Zone.
Appearing in "The Untold Story of the Phantom Zone!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Phantom Zoners
- Jax-Ur
- Professor Vakox
- Dr. Xadu
- Gra-Mo (First appearance)
- Ha-Kor (First appearance)
- Reginald the Super-Android
Other Characters:
- Kryptonian Judge
- Kryptonian Science Council
- Superboy Robots
- Mountain lion
Locations:
- Krypton
- Fire Falls
- Jewel Mountains (On a TV or computer screen)
- Kryptonopolis
- Kryptonopolis Bridge
- Kryptonopolis Prison
- Weather Control Room
- Science Council Hall
- Scarlet Jungle
- Phantom Zone
- Rao
- Smallville
- Kent General Store
- Smallville Hotel
- Smallville National Bank
- The Sun
Items:
- Phantom Zone Projector
- Jet-Belt
- Green Kryptonite
- Kryptonian Weaponry Cache
- Kryptylium (First appearance)
- Mercurial Energy Eating Creature
- Kryptonian Robot Police
- Green Android
- Scarlet Jungle Fever
- Telepathic Command Helmet
- Vote-O-Meter
- Weather Orb
Vehicles:
- Ford Model A
- Kryptonian Rocket
- Kryptonian Prison Capsule
Notes
- "The Untold Story of the Phantom Zone" was reprinted in Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone.
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)
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