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SUPERBOY #80

Cover Date: April 1960
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1960-02-18

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "The Thief of Steel!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder (?)
Art	John Sikela
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Adventure Comics #270; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in Adventure Comics #270; next in the second story in this issue)

Martha Kent (last in Adventure Comics #270; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Zog (first appearance; a Zoorian criminal)

Jix (first appearance; a Zoorian criminal)

Zoorian criminals

Other Character(s):

Zoorians (first appearance; an alien race)

an android giant on Zooria (first appearance)

a Zoorian robot guard (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Smallville

Unidentified Space Sector

Zooria (first appearance)

Fortress of Riches

Zoorian World Congress

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Second Story: "The Shyest Boy in Town!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Bernstein
Art	John Sikela
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (last in Adventure Comics #270; next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #137)

Jonathan Kent (last in the first story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #272)

Martha Kent (in between the first and the third stories in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Wiles (first appearance; Smallville High School psychologist)

Mr. Standish (first appearance; Smallville High School principal)

Smallville High School students (Doris and Rita named)

a Clark Kent robot

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Vol. 1 #142/2 (October 1967)

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Third Story: "Superboy Meets Supergirl!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Forte
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in the second story in this issue; next in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #137; also appears as Superman in 1960; last in World's Finest Comics #108; next in Superman Vol. 1 #136)

Guest Star(s):

Supergirl (travels back in time from 1960 to visit Superboy; see Comments; last in Action Comics #262/2; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #44)

Supporting Character(s):

Martha Kent (last in the second story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #272)

Villain(s):

an extraterrestrial robotic invasion force (first appearance; destroyed)

"mermen" on an "aqua-world" (first appearance; an alien race)

Other Character(s):

Tommy Dale (first appearance; a friend of young Clark Kent)

other unidentified kids

Cameo Appearance(s):

Zor-El (in flashback)

Alura Zor-El (in flashback)

Kryptonians (in flashback)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2813

Krypton

Argo City (in flashback)

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Antarctica (in 1960)

Midvale (in 1960)

Midvale Orphanage (in 1960)

Smallville

Hebos (first appearance; orbiting Alpha Centauri)

Unidentified Space Sector(s)

Albo (first appearance)

an unidentified planet (an "aqua-world")

The Timestream

Comment(s):

To preserve the knowledge of Supergirl's existence being accidentally revealed by Superboy, they agree he will have his memory or her visit erased by inhaling the fragrance of the giant red flowers on the planet Albo.

Story Reprinted in:

Action Comics #334/7 (March 1966)

Best of DC #7 (September-October 1980)

Showcase Presents: Supergirl #1 (2007 [January 2008])

Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told ([March] 2010)

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