Superboy #100

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CGC records 156 graded copies for Superboy #100 (1962). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.

Ma and Pa Kent's Incredible Delusion!

Phantom Zone inmates Dr. Xadu) and his wife, Erndine Ze-Da), escape when a rift is created through a volcanic explosion. They capture and impersonate Jonathan) and Martha Kent), pretending insanity so as to set Superboy) up for a trap. Superboy deduces their true identities, and exiles them to a world under a red sun, where they have no super-powers.

| StoryTitle2 = The Day Pete Ross Became a Robot! | Synopsis2 = While Superboy) is at a meeting of the Legion of Super-Heroes), Pete Ross) damages a Superboy robot left on guard duty and must impersonate the robot and find ways of approximating its super-feats in emergencies.

| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Superboy) **Supporting Characters:** * Jonathan Kent) * Martha Kent) * Lana Lang) * Jor-El) * Lara)

**Antagonists:** * Phantom Zoners ** Dr. Xadu) ** Erndine Ze-Da)

**Other Characters:** * Jax-Ur)

**Locations:** * Earth ** Foreign Legion Military Post ** Hillsdale Fireworks Company ** Sahara Desert ** Smallville *** Kent Farm *** Kent Store ** Volcano * Krypton ** Fire Falls ** Jewel Mountains * Phantom Zone * Red Sun ** Planet Exon

**Items:** * Earthquake Machine * Punishment Ray

**Vehicles:** * Rocket

**Map:** * Krypton ** Argo City ** Anti-Gravity Sky Palace ** Atomic Town ** Fire Falls ** Fort Rozz ** Gold Volcano ** Great Krypton Sea ** Hall of World's ** Jewel Mountains ** Kandor ** Kryptonians Zoo ** Lake Trom ** Meteor Valley ** Planetary Weather Control Tower ** Rainbow Canyon ** Robot Factory ** Scarlet Jungle ** Small Krypton Sea ** Xeno River

| Appearing2 = **Featured Characters:** * Superboy) * Pete Ross)

**Supporting Characters:** * Chief Parker) * Jonathan Kent) * Legion of Super-Heroes) ** Chameleon Boy) ** Cosmic Boy) ** Lightning Lad) ** Saturn Girl) ** Ultra-Boy) * Martha Kent)

**Other Characters:** * Professor Lang)

**Locations:** * 20th Century ** Metropolis *** Metropolis Jewelry Exchange ** Smallville *** The Kent home *** Smallville Harbor *** Smallville Police Headquarters ** White House * 30th Century ** Metropolis *** Legion Clubhouse * Timestream

**Items:** * Antigravity belt * Iceberg * Metal Flower from Planet Zendar * Smallville Star Newspaper * Superboy Robots

**Vehicles:** * Time Globe

**Map:** * From Earth to Krypton ** Argo City ** Crimson Cosmic Cloud ** Krypton ** Krypto's Rocket) ** Kryptonian Rocket ** Supergirl's Rocket)

| Notes = * "The Day Pete Ross Became a Robot!" was reprinted in Superman Family Vol 1 167. | Trivia = * Dr Xadu) escapes the Phantom Zone in "Ma and Pa Kent's Incredible Delusion!", and is never returned. As Superboy stories take place in Superman's past, Xadu was retroactively removed from the zone in Superman Family Vol 1 178 and Superboy Vol 1 121; and replaced with Kru-El). * Despite Kansas being generally land-locked; in this issue, an iceberg appears in Smallville harbor. | Recommended =

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Creative credits

Writers: Jerry Siegel, Jerry Coleman

Interior art: Curt Swan, George Papp

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