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Superboy 69

SUPERBOY #69

Cover Date: December 1958
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1958-10-02

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "How Superboy Learned to Fly!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJohn Sikela
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Adventure Comics #254; next in the second story in this issue; also in flashback; last/next in ???)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in flashback; last/next in ???)
Martha Kent (in flashback; last/next in ???)
Lewis Lang (in flashback; last in Superman Vol. 1 #173/2; next in flashback in issue #87)

Villain(s):

a trio of jewel smugglers (first appearance for all, in flashback)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Peabody (first appearance; in flashback; a surgeon)
Captain Hal Burton (first appearance; in flashback; a pilot, on the mail run unable to convince his superiors he saw a flying boy)
an airline official (first appearance; in flashback)
Professor Ames (first appearance; in flashback)

Location(s):

Smallville

Comment(s):

The flashback sequences occur before and on the day Superboy learns how to fly, travels 500 miles above the Earth, publicly reveals himself to the world.

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Annual #1 (Summer 1964)


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Second Story: "The Racer in the Leaden Mask!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtGeorge Papp
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (in between the first and the third stories in this issue)

Location(s):

Smallville


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Third Story: "The Indestructible Robot" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryBill Finger (?)
ArtGeorge Papp
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in the second story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #255)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in between Adventure Comics #253 and #255)

Villain(s):

"Ace" Farrow and his gang (first appearance for all; Red named; they find a cache of experimental weapons disposed of by the US Army)

Other Character(s):

Superboy robots
US Army officials

Location(s):

Smallville


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