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Adventure Comics#494
Cover: Keith Giffen & Frank Giacoia

Adventure Comics #494

Dec 1982 · DC · 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD
“Part Two: Contract on a Champ!”

Trying to prove Mon-El isn't actually Kryptonian, Superboy accidentally exposes him to lead, which both poisons him and returns his memory. He remembers that he is a space explorer from Daxam named Lar Gand, who visited Krypton, meeting Jor-El and Lara, before arriving on Earth. To save his life, Superboy sends Lar Gand into the Phantom Zone until he can cure him of his lead poisoning.

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writer Robert Bernstein · artist George Papp · inker George Papp · colorist Jerry Serpe · letterer Joe Letterese · cover Keith GiffenFrank Giacoia

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colorist Jerry Serpe
letterer Joe Letterese
cover pencils Keith Giffen
cover inks Frank Giacoia

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Trying to prove Mon-El isn't actually Kryptonian, Superboy accidentally exposes him to lead, which both poisons him and returns his memory. He remembers that he is a space explorer from Daxam named Lar Gand, who visited Krypton, meeting Jor-El and Lara, before arriving on Earth. To save his life, Superboy sends Lar Gand into the Phantom Zone until he can cure him of his lead poisoning.

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