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Issue Details

Issue #271
Published April 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Superboy's First Duel With Luthor"

Characters Superboy; Lex Luthor; kryptonite
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Great Superman Comic Book Collection, The (DC, 1981 series) #nn

13 page Superboy story "How Luthor Met Superboy!"

Characters Lex Luthor (origin); Jonathon [Pa] Kent; Martha [Ma] Kent; Krypto; Lana Lang; kryptonite
Synopsis Young Lex and Superboy start out as friends, but after Superboy accidentally destroys Luthor's laboratory and accidentally causes Lex to lose his hair, Luthor vows revenge.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes Story based on a suggestion from reader Eugene J. Buie, printed in Superman (D.C. 1939 series) #130, cover dated July 1959.
Reprinted In 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #10 (May 1965); in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn (1983); in Great Superman Comic Book Collection, The (DC, 1981 series) #nn; in Limited Collectors' Edition #C-39 (DC, 1972 Series); in Giant Superboy Album #2 (K. G. Murray, 1966 Series); in Superboy: The Greatest Team-Ups Ever Told (DC, 2010 series) #[nn]

6 page Congorilla story "The Son of Congorilla"

Characters Janu the Jungle Boy; Congo Bill; Son of Congorilla (intro)
Synopsis A young albino gorilla appears, and Congo Bill has to use the magic ring on him instead of Congorilla.
Genre superhero; jungle
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman

Half page Ollie filler "The alarm clock just doesn't work"

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

7 page Aquaman story "The Second Deluge!"

Characters Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Aqua-Cave; Captain Noah
Synopsis Captain Noah predicts a second deluge.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon
Reprinted in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC 2007 series) #1