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Adventure Comics#458
Cover: Joe Staton & Jack Abel
Adventure Comics #458
“The Superboy Who Wasn't”
writer David Michelinie · artist Joe Staton · inker Jack Abel · colorist Jerry Serpe · letterer Clem Robins · cover Joe Staton, Jack Abel
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Full credits
writer David Michelinie
artist Joe Staton
inker Jack Abel
colorist Jerry Serpe
letterer Clem Robins
cover pencils Joe Staton
cover inks Jack Abel
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Jonathan and Martha Kent attack Clark under the control of Lester Wallace. Wallace sends Superboy into the Phantom Zone, where he encounters Zan-Em. Zan-Em has been influencing Lester Wallace and turning him against Superboy. Superboy escapes the Phantom Zone, and the disturbed Wallace turns the Phantom Ray Projector on himself.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).