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Issue Details

Issue #10
Published May 1965
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes No letters page. Notes from Donald Dale Milne on 24 August 2004.

Cover Details - "Superboy's Greatest Foes and Menaces!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; The Kryptonite Kid; Kral; Lorac-K7; Zall-Dix
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein

12 page Superboy story "The Journey of the Second Superboy!"

Characters Superboy [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Kral; government of Titan
Synopsis Kral of Titan comes to earth to learn Superboy's weakness so Titan can exploit it and invade, but he becomes sympathetic to the kindness of earthlings and aborts his mission.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Sy Barry
Notes This story takes place over a period of several weeks or months. Inhabitants of Titan (Saturn's moon) have various super powers, including: heat generation, cold generation, telepathy. Story title punctuation correction, characters, synopsis, and notes from Donald Dale Milne on 24 August 2004. Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #205 (October 1954)

12 page Superboy story "The Imposter from the Year 2958"

Characters Superboy [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Inspector Edaw-8; Lana Lang; Lorac-K7; Mayor Brook; Mr. Bemis; Mr. Carr; Mr. H. M. Sands; Professor Lang
Synopsis A descendant of Lana Lang, Lorac-K7, comes from the future to steal cobalt in order to make a bomb. Superboy then discovers her secret identity and returns her to her own time.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Notes Cobalt is outlawed in 30th century, because of the invention of the cobalt bomb. Time machines are also outlawed. Character appearances, synopsis, and notes from Donald Dale Milne on 24 August 2004.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #250 (March 1959)

Half page text article "The Origin of the Superboy Revenge Squad"

Synopsis Short history of the origin of the Superboy Revenge Squad, from the planet of Wexr II.
Genre Super-hero
Letters Typeset
Notes Synopsis from Donald Dale Milne on 24 August 2004.
Reprinted in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #165

9 page Superboy story "The Dreams of Doom!"

Characters Superboy [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Krypto; Kryptonite Kid; Kryptonite Kid's dog; Mxyzptlk; prison warden on planet Blor (flashback only)
Synopsis The Kryptonite Kid and his dog blackmail Superboy and Krypto into leaving earth by turning objects into Kryptonite. Superboy and Krypto do not leave, and as they are dying at the hands of the Kryptonite Kid, Mxyzptlk sends the villains to the 5th dimension, saving Superboy and Krypto.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes First appearance and origin of the Kryptonite Kid and his dog. Title punctuation correction, characters, synopsis, and notes from Donald Dale Milne on 24 August 2004.
Reprinted From Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #83 (September 1960)

1 page text article "Superdogs that Superboy and Krypto Have Met"

Synopsis Discusses Superboy's and Krypto's encounters with Mighty Boy and his dog Rovo, a dog named Kolli, Lex Luthor's dog Wolf [Destructo], a dog named Swifty and a Bizarro-Swifty, two different Bizarro-Kryptos, and a dog named Spot.
Genre Super-hero
Notes Synopsis from Donald Dale Milne on 24 August 2004.

13 page Superboy story "How Luthor Met Superboy!"

Characters Superboy [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Krypto; Lana Lang; Lex Luthor; Mayor Brook (?); Mr. Wade
Synopsis Initially, Lex Luthor and Superboy are firm friends. However, when one of Lex's experiments fails, causing him to lose his hair, he blames the Boy of Steel.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Editing Mort Weisinger (original)
Notes Mayor Brook is not named in this story, but presumed to be the same mayor as seen in a previous story. Origin of Luthor's hate for Superman. Story takes place over a period of several months. Cover title punctuation correction, character appearances, synopsis, and notes from Donald Dale Milne on 24 August 2004.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #271 (April 1960)

12 page Superboy story "The Helpless Hero!"

Characters Superboy [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Krypto; Superboy robots; father of Zall-Dix; Zall-Dix
Synopsis Zall-Dix comes to Earth to exchange minds with Superboy but is thwarted at the last minute by Jonathan Kent.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Zall-Dix is an inhabitant of an unamed planet where all have a "Mento-Ray" power, which allows them to mentally alter matter and energy. Title punctuation correction, character appearances, synopsis, and notes from Donald Dale Milne on 24 August 2004.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #264 (September 1959)

13 page Superboy story "The Splitting of Superboy!"

Characters Superboy [Kal-El aka. Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Superboy robots; Chuck Ward; Clark Kent (duplicate); Dick Allbright; John Todd; Kozz; Lana Lang; Red Stag
Synopsis Superboy is split into himself and Clark Kent by a Martian ray using Red Kryptonite. The Clark personna attempts to kill Superboy in the hope that all his powers will flow to him, but is destroyed in a surrogate battle of Superboy robots.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes The alter ego Clark Kent is split from Superboy by Red Kryptonite: he is destroyed at end of story. The Red Kryptonite used in the ray also affects non-Kryptonian creatures. Superboy temporarily assumes the identity of Flying Spirit, son of Red Stag. Character appearances, synopsis, and notes from Donald Dale Milne on 24 August 2004.
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #255 (August 1959)