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Issue Details

Issue #138
Published June 1967
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes 80 Page Giant G-35

Cover Details

Characters Superboy; Krypto; Dev-Em; Destructo; the General
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Letters Ira Schnapp ?

9 page Superboy story "The Battle of the Robots! [The War Against Superboy! Part 1]"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; the General; the Brain; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
Synopsis The Brain and the General launch a war against Superboy beginning by destroying his robots.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #82 (July 1960)

8 page Superboy story "The Battle of Krypto! [The War Against Superboy! Part 2]"

Characters Superboy; the General; the Brain; Krypto; Bizarro-Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Synopsis The Brain creates a Bizarro Krypto to lure the real Krypto away from Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #82 (July 1960)

9 page Superboy story "The Battle of Superboy! [The War Against Superboy! Part 3]"

Characters Superboy; the General; the Brain; Krypto; Bizarro-Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Synopsis With no one left to help Superboy, the General buries him under a pile of Kryptonite!
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #82 (July 1960)

2 page Superboy text article "The Superboy Legend"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jor-El; Lara
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Letters typeset
Notes Article on Superboy's background. Inks credited by Bob Bailey, 2005-01-30.
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1959 series) #113 (June 1964)

22 page Superboy story "Duel of the Superboys!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; Dev-Em (first appearance); Jor-El; Lara
Synopsis Superboy meets Dev-Em, a juvenile delinquent from Krypton.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Combines "The War of the Superboys" (Adventure Comics #287, missing last page) & "The Knave From Krypton" (Adventure Comics #288, missing first two pages).
Reprinted from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #287 (August 1961); from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #288 (September 1961)

12 page Superboy story "Krypto's Arch-Enemy!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; Krypto; Lex Luthor (origin retold); Destructo
Synopsis Luthor creates a super-dog of his own.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #92 (October 1961)

9 page Superboy story "The Secret of the Flying Horse"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]
Synopsis Superboy meets a super-horse from another planet.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted from Adventure (DC, 1938 series) #230 (November 1956)

Half page Cap's Hobby Hints activity

Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page public service announcement "BEM Shows Up!"

Synopsis Brains, Emotions and Muscles should be used in combination for best results.
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff
Letters Ira Schnapp