Comic Title: Superboy #139
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1967
On Sale Date: April 6, 1967 Newsstand Date April 6, 1967
Source: Direct Currents, Sea Devils #35, Page 32

Copyright Date April 6, 1967
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1967

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Feb., Aug., and Nov.
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Town That Hated Superboy"
Pages: 14

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

Writer: Otto Binder
Artist: George Papp

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superman #173; next appearance in Adventure Comics #271)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Superboy #125; next appearance in Adventure Comics #271)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in Superboy #125; next appearance in Adventure Comics #271)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superman #173; next appearance in Adventure Comics #271)
• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Superman #173; next appearance in Adventure Comics #271)

Villain(s)

• Several giant microbes (no further appearances)
• Several convicted felons (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A swami (no further appearances)
• Residents of Smallville (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story occurs before Lex Luthor lost his hair and became Superboy's enemy.

Synopsis:
While seeking for a Kryptonite antidote for Superboy, Lex Luthor experiments with Gas X. A lab accident forces Superboy to blow the gas out of the lab where it dissipates into the air. Following the incident, each time Superboy uses his super vision, monsters appear. Superboy corrals the creatures, but the town links them to the Boy of Steel. Superboy is unable to explain the monsters and is forced into temporary exile.

Lex Luthor then discovers that the trace particles of Gas X are reacting with Superboy's super vision causing microbes to become giant monsters. With the cause found, Superboy is able to use his super senses to neutralize the trace amounts of Gas X still in the air. He is now safe to return to Smallville and use his super vision safely again.