| Characters |
Superboy [Kal-El]; Mon-El [also as Bob Cobb]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Krypto (cameo); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback) |
| Synopsis |
When a space ship crashes outside Smallville, Superboy finds an amnesiac super-powered youth who might be his older brother. He christens him Mon-El and sets him up with a secret identity, but he soon finds evidence that Mon-El is not in fact Kryptonian. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Robert Bernstein |
| Pencils |
George Papp |
| Inks |
George Papp |
| Letters |
Joe Letterese |
| Notes |
Reworked from "Superman's Big Brother" in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #80.
1st appearance of Mon-El. |
| Reprinted |
in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #129; in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #494; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1; in Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] |
| Characters |
Superboy; Mon-El [Bob Cobb] (origin); Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Miss Joyce; King Mycerinua; Rhodopis; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Phantom Zone |
| Synopsis |
Trying to prove Mon-El isn't actually Kryptonian, Superboy accidentally exposes him to lead, which both poisons him and returns his memory. He remembers that he is a space explorer from Daxam, who visited Krypton, meeting Jor-El and Lara, before arriving on Earth. To save his life, Superboy sends Mon-El into the Phantom Zone until he can cure him of his lead poisoning. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Robert Bernstein |
| Pencils |
George Papp |
| Inks |
George Papp |
| Letters |
Joe Letterese |
| Reprinted |
in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #129; in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #494; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1; in Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] |