Superboy #172 - reader copy - $3.00

Superboy meets Yango, a gorilla from Krypton, who speaks Kryptonian and possesses the same powers as Superboy. Yango was sent from Krypton to Earth in a parallel ship by noted Kryptonian anthropologist An-Kal, who seems to have also believed Jor-El's theory of Krypton exploding. Yango metes out justice to poachers and the random warlord and Superboy establishes himself as The Super-Ape's ally.

Lightning Lad, Light Lass, and Timber Wolf track down Lightning Lord, who has robbed the Inter-Planetary Bank.

• Brotherly Hate! - Lettering credit from reprint in Legion Archives. Story includes short retellings of the Legion origin story from Superboy #147 and the Lightning Lad/Lightning Lass/Lightning Lord origin. In the fight to subdue him, Lightning Lord's hair is turned white, as it had already appeared in the adult Legion stories. There is no feature logo on this story, as the feature title varied in the first back-up stories after the series moved to Superboy from Action Comics.
• - Letters submitted by Eddie Ross, Tinnie Goodger, John Krzyston, and Janice Janzer; includes biographical info on George Tuska.
• - Statement of October 1, 1970 Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 377,525 Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 375,779 Owner: National Periodical Publications, Inc., 909 Third Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10022, wholly owned by Kinney National Service, Inc., 10 Rockefeller Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10020, a publicly-held corporation