A key issue noted for First full appearance of Mongal as an adolescent. Superman #170 was published by DC Comics on July 1, 2001, as part of a series that began in 1987. Jeph Loeb writes, and art comes from Cam Smith, Dale Keown and Ed McGuinness. This 36-page issue features Superman, Lois Lane, Krypto, Talia al Ghul and Superman 3000, among 8 characters cataloged on VerseDB.