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Issue Details

Issue #86
Published January 1961
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

9 page Superboy story "The Super Coward!"

Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

Half page Homer filler

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

8 page Superboy story "The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!"

Characters first appearance Pete Ross
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #342; in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #15

Half page Little Orville filler

1 page public service announcement "Get a Grip on Your Gripes!"

Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp

8 page Superboy story "The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!"

Characters Superboy; Lex Luthor; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Krypto; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo)
Synopsis Luthor lures Superboy into a kryptonite trap, but he is saved by a timely appearance of Lightning Lad.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Letters Joe Letterese
Notes Luthor speculates about the existence of a Legion of Super-Villains, and their future first appearance is plugged in the final caption of the story.
Reprinted in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #11; in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #492; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1