Superboy #168

The cover by Neal Adams says it all — a tearful Superboy soars away from Smallville as an angry crowd below waves him off with signs reading "Get Out," "Stay Away," and "We Don't Need You," while the Boy of Steel cries out that he's never coming back. That gut-punch image of a hero rejected by his own hometown gives "Leave Us… Or We Perish!" an emotional charge that feels surprisingly modern for a 1970 DC teen adventure. With Frank Robbins writing and Bob Brown and Murphy Anderson handling interior art, this issue promises real dramatic weight beneath the classic Superboy formula.