Comic Title: Superboy #160
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1969
On Sale Date: August 19, 1969 Newsstand Date August 19, 1969
Source: House Ad, Adventure Comics #385, Page 30

Copyright Date August 19, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date August 19, 1969
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V24 #7

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

Title: "I Chose External Exile"
Pages: 23

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

Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Bob Brown
Inker: Wallace Wood

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #159; next appearance in Action Comics #382)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #157; next appearance in Superboy #161)
• Pete Ross (last appearance in Adventure Comics #370; next appearance in Superboy #179)
• Lewis Lang (last appearance in Adventure Comics #369; next appearance in Superboy #166)
• Police Chief Parker (last appearance in Adventure Comics #370; next appearance in Superboy #164)

Villain(s)

• Professor Tingly (aka Abdul Amahdi; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Cleopatra (reanimated by Professor Tingly; no further appearances)
• Miss Primble and several students (a teacher and her class; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Egyptian envoy Abdul Amahdi and his daughter Cleop visit Smallville. Cleop soon clashes with Lana Lang over the affections of both Clark Kent and Superboy. The Boy of Steel escorts Cleop to a costume ball and when they kiss, he appears to fatally crush her. Superboy then exiles himself from Earth.

The party continues without him. Cleop who was not killed meets Lana on the roof, then falls to her death. Pete Ross witnesses the fall and believes that Lana pushed her. Lana is then taken into police custody for murder.

On the moon, Superboy looks back at Earth. He decides to return and report his murder to police. The police explain that Lana is the killer. Superboy investigates and discovers that Cleop was never truly alive. A former assistant of Professor Lang named Tingly discovered Cleopatra's tomb. He animated her corpse to frame Lana and get Superboy out of the way. The Boy of Steel's provides evidence to clear himself and Lana and exposes Tingly.