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Issue Details

Issue #292
Published January 1962
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Arrival date: 30 November 1962 (added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005)

Cover Details - "The Laughing Stock of Smallville!"

Characters Superboy; Lex Luthor; Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Sheldon Moldoff ?
Notes Inks credit from Bob Hughes, August 2005

13 page Superboy story "The Laughing Stock of Smallville"

Characters Luthor (origin); Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang
Synopsis Luthor pulls a series of stunts designed to make Superboy look ridiculous. Origin explains how Luthor lost his hair and began to hate Superboy.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. Rehash of story in Superman 101.
Reprinted in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #15

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "The Secret of the Happy Pig"

Genre funny animals
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman

1 page Professor Eureka filler "Lion Tracks"

Synopsis Goes south when he learns lion is going north.
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page letters page "Smallville Mailsack"

Letters typeset
Notes E. Nelson Bridwell suggests a "bit of bizarro business" :- "On the Bizarro World, workers strike for less pay and longer hours"

11 page Tales of the Bizarro World story "Bizarro Creates a Monster"

Characters Bizarro Jr; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Lana (intro); Bizarro Lucy (intro); Sapollo (intro); Bizarro-Kltpzyxm; Frankenstein movie monster
Synopsis Handsome Bizarro movie hero viewed as monster
Genre superhero; humor
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Notes Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05. Formerly George Klein.
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #202 (December 1967-January 1968); in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #nn

1 page Ollie filler "Ear Plugs"

Synopsis Ear plugs make Ollie oblivious to danger
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff