Appearing in "The Super-Dog from Krypton"
Featured Characters:
- Superboy/Clark Kent/Baby Kal-El (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Jonathan Kent
- Krypto the Superdog (First appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Origin)
- Lana Lang
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Kryptonians (Flashback only)
- House of El (Flashback only)
Locations:
- Earth
- Krypton (Flashback only)
- Kryptonopolis (Flashback only)
Items:
Vehicles:
- Kryptonian Rocket (Flashback and main story)
Synopsis for "The Super-Dog from Krypton"
This story is reprinted from Adventure Comics #210.
When a white dog in Smallville exhibits super-powers, Superboy investigates and finds a Kryptonian rocket ship in which the dog came to Earth. He learns that the dog is Krypto, his own pet from babyhood, and that Jor-El sent him into space in an experimental rocket that was knocked off-course by a meteor. Superboy has a good time romping with Krypto, but he causes problems with his tasks and his secret identity. The Superdog eventually returns to exploring space, and though Superboy is glad to be free of trouble, he is sorrowful that his dog is gone again.
Appearing in "Superboy's Last Day"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jonathan Kent (Flashback only)
- Martha Kent
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Doctor Ezra Lewis (Flashback only)
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Superboy's Last Day"
This story is reprinted from Adventure Comics #251.
While helping his foster parents with spring cleaning, Clark Kent remembers how his first Superboy robot, nicknamed “Friday”, helped save his life when Superboy had his first encounter with Kryptonite and didn't know the nature of the green meteor which was killing him.
Appearing in "The Girl Who Saw the Future Superboy"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Other Characters:
- Aunt Helen (Mentioned only)
- Cousin Betsy (Mentioned only)
- Dinosaurs (In picture only)
- Allosauros (In picture only)
- Brontosaurus (In picture only)
- Dinosaur (In picture only)
- Pterodactyl (In picture only)
- Dr. Abel (Mentioned only)
- Dr. Manning (Single appearance)
- Dr. Wilton (Mentioned only)
- Ella Lane (Mentioned only)
- Mr. Carson (Single appearance)
- Sam Lane (Mentioned only)
- Superman (On a TV or computer screen)
Locations:
- Metropolis (On a TV or computer screen)
- Daily Planet (On a TV or computer screen)
- Pittsdale
- Pittsdale High School
- Smallville
- Washington, D.C.
Items:
- Time Machine/Time-Viewing Machine
Synopsis for "The Girl Who Saw the Future Superboy"
This story is reprinted from Superboy #90.
When Lana Lang accidentally sees Superman and Lois Lane kissing in the future on a time-viewer, and learns that Lois lived in Pittsdale in Lana's time-period, she manages to go to Pittsdale and tries to sabotage Lois's chances of becoming a reporter and getting to Metropolis, so that Lana herself may have no competition for Superman. All her efforts go awry, however, and Lana leaves in frustration, vowing someday to return and try to bollix Lois again.
Appearing in "The Phantom Superboy"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Phantom Zone Criminals (First appearance)
- Dr. Xadu (First appearance) (Flashback only)
- General Zod (Flashback only) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Smallville
- Phantom Zone (First appearance)
Items:
- Phantom Zone Projector (First appearance)
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Phantom Superboy"
This story is reprinted from Adventure Comics #283.
A cache of Kryptonian weapons, including a Phantom Zone Projector, falls to Earth. Superboy learns of the Phantom Zone's existence and how Kryptonian criminals were sent into it by a mental playback device in a helmet from the weapons cache. A lizard accidentally triggers the black button on the projector, sending Superboy into the Phantom Zone. Fortunately, the Boy of Steel manages to telekinetically write a message to Jonathan Kent on one of the electric typewriters Jonathan has started selling in the Kent General Store, which has been left plugged in for demonstration purposes. Jonathan finds the projector and presses the white button, releasing Superboy from the Zone.
Appearing in "The Death of Ma and Pa Kent"
Featured Characters:
- Superman (as Superman, and as Superboy in flashback)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Lex Luthor
- Blackbeard
- his crew
- Pegleg Morgan
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Death of Ma and Pa Kent"
This story is reprinted from Superman #161.
On a trip to visit Jonathan and Martha Kent's graves in Smallville, Superman remembers their last days.
Superman recalls how, when he was Superboy, he took his parents on a time-travel trip to the year 1717 to look for Blackbeard's treasure. After they returned to the 20th century, Ma and Pa got very sick. The doctor told Clark that it was "the fever plague", a disease from the past. Superboy researched a cure, but it failed. He tried projecting them into the Phantom Zone (as he had earlier done to save Mon-El), but that failed as well. Lana Lang (who had worked as a nurse's aide) tried to help them, and even a young Lex Luthor tried to cure them in return for a possible release from prison. But despite these efforts, they died. Superboy considered giving up his superhero career as a result, but then decided that his parents would want him to be a hero.
Notes
- This book was first published on March 5, 1970.
- No special notes.
Trivia
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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)
