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- ↑ Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #235 (January 1978). DC Comics
- ↑ Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #233 (November 1977). DC Comics
- ↑ Legion of Super-Heroes (vol. 3) #9 (April 1985). DC Comics
