Superboy Vol 1 98

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Superboy Vol 1 #98

July, 1962

Cover Artists

Curt Swan
George Klein

Publisher

DC Comics

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Tomorrow I'll prove Pete Ross is really Superboy!

-- Ultra Boy

Appearing in "The Super-Student of Swankhurst Academy"Edit

Featured Characters:

Superboy

Supporting Characters:

Jonathan Kent

Villains:

Silk Pomeroy

Other Characters:

Mark Denley
Otto Binker

Locations:

Swankhurst Academy

Items:

None

Vehicles:

None

Synopsis for "The Super-Student of Swankhurst Academy"Edit

When con-man “Silk” Pomeroy opens the Swankhurst Academy, he and his confederate use it as a way of getting inside information on his wealthy pupils’ parents for robberies, until Superboy enrolls and brings them both to justice.

Appearing in "The Boy With Ultra-Powers!"Edit

Featured Characters:

Superboy

Supporting Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes

Ultra Boy (First appearance)

Marla Latham (First appearance)
Pete Ross
Lana Lang

Other Characters:

Jonathan Kent
Martha Kent (Cameo)
Krypto
Donald Mace
E.W. Lemley

Locations:

Smallville

Items:

None

Vehicles:

Time Bubble

Synopsis for "The Boy With Ultra-Powers!"Edit

A super-powered young man named Ultra-Boy has arrived in Smallville with his guide Marla Latham, for the purpose of trying to learn the secret identity of Superboy. Mingling in with the youth of Smallville, Ultra-Boy attempts to learn Superboy's secret identity, at first asking Superboy's confidant Pete Ross. This cause Pete to worry about accidentally revealing the fact that he knows Superboy's secret identity.

Meanwhile, both Ultra-Boy and Superboy find out that they are really costumed super-heroes when they both scan each other with their x-ray visions and see their costumes under each other. When Pete is trapped in the Smallville bank's vault, Ultra-Boy and Superboy arrive to save him. However, when Superboy's x-ray vision is unable to peer into the workings of the lead based vault door, Ultra-Boy is able to do so because his vision does not have the same limitation.

With Pete Ross freed, Ultra-Boy reveals to Superboy his purpose for trying to learn Superboy's identity: That he's really an alien from the 30th Century, and that his reward for learning Superboy's identity would be membership in the Legion of Super-Heroes. With his mission a success Ultra-Boy returns to the future with Marla and bids farewell to Superboy and Pete.

NotesEdit

"The Boy With Ultra-Powers!" is reprinted in Superboy (Volume 1) #147, Adventure Comics #497 and Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 1 and Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 1 .

Superboy appeared last in Adventure Comics #297. He appears next in Adventure Comics #298.

First appearance of future Legionnaire Ultra Boy. Ultra Boy makes a chronologically earlier appearance in Adventure Comics #316. His next actual appearance is in Superboy #100.

TriviaEdit

Swankhurst Academy student Otto Binker is likely named for writer Otto Binder.

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