Superman Presents Superboy Comic #99

Published
May 1976
Page count
52
Cover price
0.30 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Planet Comics [rectangle]
 
Planet Comics [rectangle]

Credits

Editing
, editor

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Show/hide Cover Vengeance of the Super-Villains (Superboy) Cover, 1 page

"Mom! Dad! Why are you imprisoning Mon-El and me?"

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Bouncing Boy; Lightning Lad; Star Boy; Duo Damsel]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Krypto

Credits

Art
Mike Grell, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Editing
Murray Boltinoff, original Editor
 
E. Nelson Bridwell, original Associate Editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #208 (April 1975)
Untitled
Show/hide 1. [Part 1]: Vengeance of the Super-Villains (Legion of Super Heroes) Comic story, 7 pages

Featuring

Feature
Legion of Super Heroes
Genre
Superhero
Code
B-2382
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Mon-El; Ultra Boy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Timber Wolf; Chameleon Boy; Sun Boy]; Legion of Super-Villains [Sun Emperor; Lightning Lord; Spider Girl; Radiation Roy; Nemesis Kid; Chameleon Chief]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Larx Kenrik

Credits

Writing
Cary Bates, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Text
Ben Oda, letterer
Editing
Dale Crain, original Editor
 
Murray Boltinoff, original editor (editor of all reprinted material)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #208 (April 1975)
Vengeance of the Super-Villains
Also printed
United States
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 ([October] 2001)
Part 2: The Night before Doomsday
 
United States
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 ([October] 2001)
Part 3: Villainaires Vs. the Legionnaires

Synopsis

As the Legion prepares to award a peace negotiator with the coveted Universal Trophy, Superboy, Mon-El, and Ultra Boy are attacked by their parents.

Show/hide 2. Part 2: The Night before Doomsday (Legion of Super-Heroes) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Villains [Sun Emperor; Lightning Lord; Nemesis Kid; Spider Girl; Radiation Roy; Chameleon Chief]; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Chemical King; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Ultra Boy; Superboy; Mon-El]

Credits

Writing
Cary Bates, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Text
Ben Oda, letterer
Editing
Dale Crain, original Editor
 
Murray Boltinoff, original editor (editor of all reprinted material)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #208 (April 1975)
Vengeance of the Super-Villains
Also printed
United States
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 ([October] 2001)
Part 2: The Night before Doomsday
 
United States
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 ([October] 2001)
Part 3: Villainaires Vs. the Legionnaires

Synopsis

As the Legion prepares for the ceremony, Chameleon Chief booby traps the statue.

Show/hide 3. Part 3: Villainaires vs. the Legionnaires (Legion of Super-Heroes) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Ultra Boy; Superboy; Mon-El; Sun Boy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Star Boy; Lightning Lad; Karate Kid; Princess Projectra; Shadow Lass]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Larx Kenrik; Legion of Super-Villains [Chameleon Chief; Spider Girl; Nemesis Kid; Sun Emperor; Lightning Lord]

Credits

Writing
Cary Bates, scripter
Art
Mike Grell, line art
Text
Ben Oda, letterer
Editing
Dale Crain, original Editor
 
Murray Boltinoff, original editor (editor of all reprinted material)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #208 (April 1975)
Vengeance of the Super-Villains
Also printed
United States
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 ([October] 2001)
Part 2: The Night before Doomsday
 
United States
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11 ([October] 2001)
Part 3: Villainaires Vs. the Legionnaires

Synopsis

Superboy, Mon-El, and Ultra Boy are released from their traps, but the rest of the Legion is already onto the Villains' plans and have surprised the LSV in their own lair.

Notes

Saturn Girl's hair is incorrectly colored brunette on the final page.

Show/hide 4. The Man Who Met Himself (Sargon the Sorcerer) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Sargon the Sorcerer
Genre
Superhero
Code
Sen 79
Characters
Sargon; The Blue Lama (villain); Max

Credits

Writing
John Broome, scripter
Art
Paul Reinman, line art [signed]
Text
, letterer
Editing
Sheldon Mayer, original editor [credited]
 
Robert Kanigher, original Assistant Editor [attributed] (editor)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #71 (November 1947)
The Man Who Met Himself
Also printed
United States
Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #6 (February 1973)
The Man Who Met Himself

Synopsis

Suddenly there are two Maxes. But which is the real one? It's all a plot by the Blue Lama.

Show/hide 5. [Part 1] The Outcast Super-Heroes (Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy; Supergirl; Invisible Kid; Saturn Girl; Chameleon Boy; Shrinking Violet; Colossal Boy; Brainiac 5; Sun Boy; Mon-El (statuette); Ultra Boy; Lightning Lad; Element Lad; Matter-Eater Lad; Cosmic Boy; Light Lass (statuette); Phantom Girl; Duo Damsel; Karate Kid; Sir Prize; Miss Terious

Credits

Writing
E. Nelson Bridwell, scripter
Art
Curt Swan, penciller
 
George Klein, inker
Text
Milt Snapinn, letterer
Editing
Mort Weisinger, original editor [credited]
 
E. Nelson Bridwell, original Assistant Editor [attributed]

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #350 (November 1966)
The Outcast Super-Heroes!
Also printed
Australia
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #102 ([February 1968?])
[Part 1] The Outcast Super-Heroes!
 
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #205 (November-December 1974)
The Outcast Super-Heroes!
 
United States
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #6 (1996)
[Part I]: The Outcast Super-Heroes!

Synopsis

The Legionnaires are unable to remove a kryptonite cloud around the Earth, so Superboy and Supergirl are forced to leave the group. Before they have their memories of the Legion removed and return to their own times, they ask that the Legion admit Sir Prize and Miss Terius in their places.

Show/hide 6. Part 2: The Devil's Dozen (Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes) Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Feature
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Sir Prize; Miss Terious; Saturn Girl; Invisible Kid; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Lightning Lad; Ferro Lad; Brainiac 5; Mon-El; Matter-Eater Lad; Ultra Boy]; Devil's Dozen [Prince Evillo; Hag; Wild Huntsman; Sugyn; Apollo]; R. J. Brande

Credits

Writing
E. Nelson Bridwell, scripter
Art
Curt Swan, penciller
 
George Klein, inker
Text
Milt Snapinn, letterer
Editing
Mort Weisinger, original editor [credited]
 
E. Nelson Bridwell, original Assistant Editor [attributed]

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #350 (November 1966)
Part II: The Devil's Dozen!
Also printed
Australia
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #102 ([February 1968?])
Part II: The Devil's Dozen!
 
United States
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #6 (1996)
Part II: The Devil's Dozen!

Synopsis

The Legion encounters a new gang of thieves who kidnap Lightning Lad and suspicion of complicity falls on the two new Legionnaires.

Show/hide 7. Free Coin Collection Worth 85c (Seven Seas Coins of Dubbo) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Seven Seas Coins of Dubbo
Code
KGM MOSSCQ/175

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Anthony Revill

AusReprints ID

  • 1192

Entry created

  • 15/01/2004

Cover added

  • 13/08/2021

Index completed

  • 02/12/2005

Last updated

  • 13/08/2021