Comic Title: Superboy #171
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: January 1971
On Sale Date: November 19, 1970 Newsstand Date November 19, 1970
Source: Direct Currents, Teen Titans #31, Page 20

Copyright Date November 19, 1970
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1971


Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Feb., Aug. and Nov.
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

Title: "Dark Strangler of the Seas"
Pages: 22

Feature(s):
Superboy (of Earth-1)

Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Bob Brown
Inker: Murphy Anderson
Letterer: John Costanza

Reprinted In:
Best of DC #7 (1980)
Superboy:The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told TPB (2010)

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #170; next appearance in Superboy #172)

Guest Star(s)

• Aquaboy (Aquaman as a teenager; last appearance in Aquaman #20; next appearance in Adventure Comics #229)

Villain(s)

• The Trans-East Oil Company (no further appearances)
• Selim (an arab; no further appearances)
• The crew of an oil tanker (no further appearances)
• Marita (Aquaboy's girl friend; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mac and Jim (fishermen; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Superman (in epilogue)

Comments:
This story contains a one-page epilogue which explains that Superboy's adventures have been moved forward in time to the 1950s in order to keep pace with the adult adventures of Superman who remains perpetually 29 years old.

Synopsis:
Superboy helps two fishermen drag an oil covered boy out of the ocean. Superboy removes the oil and is introduced to Aquaboy. The water breathing teenager explains that he encountered an oil tanker leaking oil into the ocean which was killing marine life. When he tried to intervene, the tanker crew covered him in oil and left him for dead.

Superboy and Aquaboy team up. They approach the head of the oil company demanding that they stop the pollution. When the company refuses, the two teens disrupt the shipment of oil. The company strikes back. They use Aquaboy's girl friend Marita as bait to lure Aquaboy into a trap. Superboy saves his friend and put an end to the evil company. However, the battle against pollution continues to be a struggle around the globe.