Superboy #172
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The World of the Super-Ape!", Superboy teams up with Yango, a Kryptonian gorilla who speaks Kryptonian and wields powers identical to his own. Sent to Earth by the Kryptonian anthropologist An-Kal, Yango fights poachers and warlords with surprising flair, turning the jungle into his own domain. Written by Frank Robbins and illustrated by Bob Brown with inks by Murphy Anderson, this 1971 adventure features a dynamic cover by Neal Adams.
In a forgotten corner of Krypton’s past, Superboy encounters Yango—a gorilla from Krypton raised on Earth, fluent in Kryptonian and wielding powers like his own. With the help of a mysterious figure from history, Professor An-Kal, Yango has been quietly enforcing justice on Earth’s darkest corners, and now Superboy must decide whether to stand beside him as the world’s first Super-Ape.
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Reprinted in Stålpojken #7/1971 (1971), Superboy #4/1971 (1971), Superman Supacomic #163 (1973), Super Heroes Album #11 (1978), Superman Presents Superboy Comic #112 (1978), DC Special Series #19 (1979), The Best of DC #33 (1983), Stålpojken #2/1983 (1983), Heróis em Ação #1 (1984), Superboy #32 (1985), The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #10 (2000), Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #4 (2010), DC Finest: Legion of Super-Heroes: Zap Goes the Legion #[nn] (2025)
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