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Issue Details

Issue #85
Published December 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details

Characters Mighty Boy; Mighty Dog
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

10 page Superboy story "The Mystery of Mighty Boy! Part 1"

Characters Mighty Boy of Zumoor [Zarl Kazzan]; Rovo, the Mighty Dog; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Krypto; Superboy robots
Synopsis Superboy meets a boy from Earth who has gained super powers on another planet.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Similar to Superboy 52 and Superman 58
Reprinted in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6 (Winter 1963)

1 page public service announcement "Children of Tomorrow!"

Synopsis Article relates how sub-standard conditions affect children in the world and quotes the "UN Declaration Of The Rights Of A Child."
Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp

9 page Superboy story "The Mystery of Mighty Boy! Part 2: Superboy's Lost Friend!"

Characters Mighty Boy; Mighty Dog; Charise Kaan
Synopsis Superboy must leave Zumoor forever.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #6 (Winter 1963)

Half page Homer filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

7 page Superboy story "The Impossible Mission!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Abraham Lincoln; Mary Todd Lincoln; Tad Lincoln; Lex Luthor; John Wilkes Booth; red kryptonite
Synopsis Superboy travels to the past to prevent the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but runs into the adult Lex Luthor who immobilizes Superboy with red kryptonite. When Luthor realizes he has prevented Superboy from saving Lincoln, he remorsefully flees the past in his time machine.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted in Albi del Falco (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1954 series) #264 (May 7, 1961) [Italy]; in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #11 (June 1965); in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]; in Superman: Past and Future (DC, 2008 series) #[nn]

1 page Bebe filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff