Superboy #174
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Title: "The Bird with Super-Powers"
Pages: 12
Feature(s):
Superboy (of Earth-1)
Writer: Alvin Schwartz
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: John Fischetti
Reprinted From:
Adventure Comics #225 (1956)
Feature Character(s)
Supporting Character(s)
Villain(s)
- A mynah bird (no further appearances)
- An escaped convict (no further appearances)
Other Character(s)
- An unnamed hunter (no further appearances)
Comments:
The mynah bird in this story gets its powers from the same water source as Chandu from the first story of Adventure Comics #219.
Synopsis:
Professor Lang brings a talking mynah bird back from Africa. The bird displays amazing intelligence and super powers. The mynah bird escapes and begins aiding an escaped convict in crime. Superboy and Professor Lang determine that the bird's powers originate from a water source in Africa contaminated by Kryptonite. This same water source was responsible for creating a gorilla with X-ray vision.
Superboy and the mynah bird match each other in battle. The bird learns Superboy's secret identity and threatens to expose him. This forces Superboy to use Kryptonite against the bird. The overdose of Kryptonite radiation restores the bird to normal, and his convict partner is apprehended.
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