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Superboy #172

Mar 1971 · DC · 0.15 USD
“The World of the Super-Ape!”

Superboy meets Yango, a gorilla from Krypton, who speaks Kryptonian and possesses the same powers as Superboy. Yango was sent from Krypton to Earth in a parallel ship by noted Kryptonian anthropologist An-Kal, who seems to have also believed Jor-El's theory of Krypton exploding. Yango metes out justice to poachers and the random warlord and Superboy establishes himself as The Super-Ape's ally.

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writer Frank Robbins · artist Bob Brown · inker Murphy Anderson · letterer John Costanza · cover Neal AdamsNeal Adams

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artist Bob Brown
letterer John Costanza
cover pencils Neal Adams
cover inks Neal Adams

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Superboy meets Yango, a gorilla from Krypton, who speaks Kryptonian and possesses the same powers as Superboy. Yango was sent from Krypton to Earth in a parallel ship by noted Kryptonian anthropologist An-Kal, who seems to have also believed Jor-El's theory of Krypton exploding. Yango metes out justice to poachers and the random warlord and Superboy establishes himself as The Super-Ape's ally.

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