Superboy (Volume 2) #7 is an issue of the series Superboy (Volume 2) with a cover date of July, 1980.
Synopsis for "This Planet Is Condemned"
Superboy discovers that the foster parents of his classmate Willy Mason are aliens from Vulx in disguise. Their planet is bombarded with deadly mutra rays, and, unless Superboy agrees to live there and soak up the rays with his Kryptonian-matter body, the Vulxians are doomed. Superboy solves the problem by planting an equivalent mass of Kryptonite on their planet, which absorbs the mutra rays and allows him to return to Earth with a clean conscience.
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Synopsis for "The Computers That Saved Metropolis!"
This story is reprinted from Superman in The Computers That Saved Metropolis.
Major Disaster uses synthesized Green Kryptonite Crystals to fog Superman's super brain, and launches three attacks on Metropolis. Luckily, with the aid of a microphone attached to his costume, schoolkids Shanna and Alec, pupils of Superman's old friend schoolteacher Ms. Wilson, are able to use their new TRS-80 computers to provide the Man of Steel with the super fast calculations he needs to be able to use his powers to thwart Major Disaster's disasters.
Appearing in "The Computers That Saved Metropolis!"
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Supporting Characters:
- Lana Lang
- TRS-80 Computer Whiz Kids (First appearance)
- Shanna (First appearance)
- Alec (First appearance)
- Margaret Wilson (First appearance)
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Other Characters:
- Sixth Grade Students
- Timothy Yarrow
- Jason
- Karen
- William
- Metropolis Police Department
- Citizens of Metropolis
- Mom (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Cindy (Single appearance)
- Dad (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Mom (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Tommy (Single appearance)
- Stacey (Single appearance)
- Boyfriend (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- NASA
- Astronauts (Flashback only)
- Computer Operators (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- John Bardeen (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- William Shockley (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- Walter Brattain (Cameo) (Flashback only)
- Computer Factory Workers (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- WGBS Employees
- Cameraman (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
- Producer (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- 1945 (Mentioned only)
- 1948 (Mentioned only)
- Space
- Krypton (Mentioned only)
- Mars (Mentioned only)
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- The Moon (Flashback only)
- Earth
- Metropolis
- School (Unnamed) (outskirts of Metropolis)
- Sixth Grade Classroom
- Roof
- Major Disaster's Hideout
- 344 Clinton Street
- Clark Kent's Apartment
- Airport (Unnamed)
- Metropolis Resevoir (Destroyed)
- Metropolis Police Headquarters
- School (Unnamed) (outskirts of Metropolis)
- Nuclear Reactor (Unnamed) (north of Metropolis)
- Metropolis
Items:
- ENIAC (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
- Apollo Program
- Viking Program
- Voyager Program
- Radio Tubes
- Transistors
- TRS-80 Microcomputers
- BASIC
- Tornado
- Green Kryptonite (as Kryptonite crystals)
- Thunderstorm
- Flood
- Radioactive Gases
Vehicles:
- Challenger Lunar Module
- Sports Car
- Jetliner
Notes
- "The Computers That Saved Metropolis!" was produced for a RadioShack giveaway comic. It was also published in Action Comics #509, House of Mystery #282 and Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2) #265.
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)
- Superman Recommended Reading
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