Superboy
#86
(January 1961)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1960-11-22
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Super Coward!
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Superboy [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Superboy robot
- Synopsis
- While Superboy is away on a space mission, his replacement robot malfunctions.
[no title indexed]
Homer / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This looks like a good spot to skin dive...
- Genre
- humor
The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Pete Ross (first appearance); Superboy [Clark Kent / Kal-El]
- Reprints
-
in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #342 (March 1966) -
in Superboy (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #10/1967 ([oktober] 1967) -
in Stålmannen jättealbum (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #[1969] ([1969]) - in Supermann Kjempe Album (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1968 series) #[1971] ([1971]) [2nd translation]
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #15 (August 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit per Martin O'Hearn.
[no title indexed]
Little Orville / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ho! Hum!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from A Date with Judy (DC, 1947 series) #18 (August-September 1950)
-
The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Cosmic Boy [Rokk Krinn] (cameo); Jonathan Kent; Krypto; Lana Lang; Lightning Lad [Garth Ranzz]; Lex Luthor; Saturn Girl [Imra Ardeen] (cameo); Superboy [Clark Kent / Kal-El]
- Synopsis
- Luthor lures Superboy into a kryptonite trap, but he is saved by a timely appearance of Lightning Lad.
- Reprints
- in Gigant (Centerförlaget, 1963 series) #2/1966
- in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #11 (June 1965)
- in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #492 (October 1982)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #1 (1991 [January 1992])
- in Superman vs. Lex Luthor (DC, 2006 series) ([August] 2006)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([June] 2007)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #1 ([October] 2017)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age (DC, 2018 series) #1 ([October] 2018)
-
Indexer Notes
Luthor speculates about the existence of a Legion of Super-Villains, and their future first appearance is plugged in the final caption of the story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!
Superboy -
1.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products -
2.
The Super Coward!
Superboy -
3.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
4.
["This looks like a good spot to skin dive..."]
Homer -
5.
You Asked for It!
Showcase; Aquaman and Aqualad -
6.
Watch for the Second Superman Annual!
Giant Superman -
7.
The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!
Superboy -
8.
["Ho! Hum!"]
Little Orville -
9.
[no title indexed]
Maxim Stamps; Stamp Bazaar Stamps -
10.
Get a Grip on Your Gripes!
-
11.
The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!
Superboy -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
13.
[no title indexed]
150 Civil War Soldiers -
14.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
15.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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