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Superboy 78

SUPERBOY #78

Cover Date: January 1960
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "Claire Kent, Alias Super-Sister" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJohn Sikela
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (dreams he has been changed to "Super-Sister," Claire Kent; last in Adventure Comics #267; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in Adventure Comics #267; next in the second story in this issue)
Martha Kent (last in Adventure Comics #267; next in the second story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Shar-La (first appearance; an alien woman; after telepathically "hearing" Superboy's insults about women, creates a "mental dramatization" in which he believes he is turned into a girl as "Super-Sister" and adopts the identity of Claire Kent)

Cameo Appearance(s):

Lana Lang (in a dream)

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #1/3 (August 1964)


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Second Story: "The Origin of Superboy's Costume" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story?
ArtJohn Sikela
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (in between the first story and the third stories in this issue; also in flashback as a baby, last in issue #133; next in flashback in issue #8 and various other flashbacks)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (in between the first story and the third stories in this issue; also in flashbacks)
Martha Kent (in between the first story and the third stories in this issue; also in flashbacks)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Smallville

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Spectacular #1 (1980)


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Third Story: "The Ghost of Jor-El" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtGeorge Papp
LetteringJoe Letterese
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in the second story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #268)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in the second story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #268)
Martha Kent (last in the second story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #268)
Lana Lang (in between Adventure Comics #266 and #268)

Villain(s):

Mister Mxyzptlk (earliest chronological appearance; next in issue #83)
three burglars (first appearance of all)

Other Character(s):

Fuzastl (first appearance; Mxyzptlk's father)
Tlndsa (first appearance; Mxyzptlk's mother)
Miss Miller (first appearance; a teacher)
students and citizens of Smallvile

Cameo Appearance(s):

Jor-El (statue)
Lara Jor-El (statue)

Location(s):

Smallville
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Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual #8 (Winter 1963-1964) [retitled]
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-45 (June-July 1976)


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