Superman Supacomic #80

([April 1966])

The Skyscraper Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Letters:

?

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Xardo (villain); Red Kryptonite; Krypto (flashback); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Superbaby (flashback)

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• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #325 (June 1965)

Superman's Kryptonese Curse! [Tales of Kryptonite No. 3] (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Curt Swan

Inks:

George Klein

Letters:

?

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; green kryptonite (same chunk of rock as last time, now red kryptonite); Krypto (guest appearance); Vol-Don (guest appearance); Superman; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Lois Lane; gold kryptonite; Superboy (flashback); Super-Baby (flashback); Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Supergirl robot; Superman robot

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #177 (May 1965)

Indexer Notes

Tales of Kryptonite No. 3

Project Earth-Doom! (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Leo Dorfman

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Letters:

?

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Torr the Terrible (intro, villain); Rogg (intro, death); Vikk (intro, death); Perry White; Jimmy Olsen

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• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #178 (July 1965)

The Decline and Fall of Batman (Table of Contents)

Batman; Robin / comic story / 23.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks:

Joe Giella

Letters:

Gaspar Saladino

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Aunt Harriet

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• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #175 (November 1965)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Records show that Bob Kane was paid for the pencils, but scholars agree that pencils were actually by Moldoff.

The Spoiled Superboy! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein ?

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Letters:

?

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Chief Edwards; Swanson

Synopsis:

After Smallville refuses to make Superboy a special deputy he goes on a rampage of poor sportsmanship.

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• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #79 (March 1960)

Wet Chemistry... (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Julius Schwartz

Pencils:

Morris Waldinger

Inks:

Tom Nicolosi

Letters:

?

Editing:

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

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• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #175 (November 1965)

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (May 2007).

The Unknown Legionnaire (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Edmond Hamilton

Pencils:

John Forte

Inks:

Sheldon Moldoff

Letters:

Vivian Berg (part 1); Milton Snapinn (part 2)

Editing:

Mort Weisinger (original editor)

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Supergirl [also as Unknown Boy]; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl; Mon-El]; Norm Eldor

Synopsis:

Superboy recalls a case when the Legionnaires were helped by a hero called Unknown Boy. It was only after Unknown Boy helped the Legion finish a case, that Superboy figured out that under the costume was Supergirl. Supergirl then recalled going through a red kryptonite cloud and losing her memory, but knowing she had to protect her secret identity, and so created the Unknown Boy costume.

Reprints:

• From Adventure Comics (DC Comics, 1938 Series) #334 (July 1965)