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Issue Details

Issue #286
Published July 1961
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Mr. Mxyzptlk Becomes a Bizarro"

Characters Bizarro-Mxyzptlk; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Jr.
Genre superhero; humor
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #nn

13 page Superboy story "The Witch of Smallville"

Characters Lana Lang, Ma and Pa Kent. Old Meg (intro)
Synopsis A witch terrorizes Smallville.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

1 page Homer filler "Flying Fish"

Synopsis Uses string of fish tanks to keep flying fish
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Preceeds page 9 of Superboy story.

1 page Shorty filler "Astronaut"

Synopsis Can't eat lunch through mandatory helmet
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

13 page Tales of the Bizarro World story "Bizarro, Private Detective"

Characters Mr. Mxyzptlk-Bizarro, Bizarro Lois, Bizarro Jr. Bizarro-Kltpzyxm
Synopsis Criminal makes pretty things on Bizarro World
Genre superhero; humor
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #193 (January-February 1967) [retitled there as "The Guilty Bizarro, or, It's Nice to Be Wanted" with one page cut]; in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #nn