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SUPERBOY #85

Cover Date: December 1960
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1960-10-06

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "The Mystery of Mighty Boy! Part I" (19 Pages) Part II: "Superboy's Lost Friend!"

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Art	George Papp
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Adventure Comics #278; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in Adventure Comics #278; next in the second story in this issue)

Martha Kent (last in Adventure Comics #278; next in the second story in this issue)

Krypto (last in Adventure Comics #278; next in issue #86/3)

Lana Lang (in between Adventure Comics #278 and #279)

Other Character(s):

Superboy and Krypto robots

Mighty Boy (Zarl Kazzan; first appearance; formerly Tom Keith of Earth; also in flashbacks; see Comments)

Rovo (first appearance; his dog; also in flashbacks)

Charles Keith (first appearance; in flashback; Mighty Boy's father; dies)

Mrs. Keith (first appearance; in flashback; Mighty Boy's mother; dies)

Zumoorians (first appearance of all)

Vela Kazzan (first appearance; Mighty Boy's adoptive father; also in flashback)

Zilda Kazzan (first appearance; Mighty Boy's adoptive mother; also in flashback)

Charise Kaan (first appearance; Mighty Boy's nosy neighbor)

her cousin (first appearance)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Smallville

an unidentified tropical island (in flashback)

Unidentified Space Sector

Zumoor (first appearance)

Comment(s):

There is no connection between the "Mighty Boy" presented in this story and the "Mighty Boy" presented in the earlier Superboy Vol. 1 #1/3 (March-April 1949): "Superboy Meets Mighty Boy."

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual #6/6 (Winter 1962-1963)

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Second Story: "The Impossible Mission!" (7 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	George Papp
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in the first story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #279)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #86)

Martha Kent (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #86)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (adult version; accidentally prevents Superboy from saving Abraham Lincoln; in between Action Comics #267 and #271)

John Wilkes Booth

Other Character(s):

citizens of Smallville (including the mayor)

Abraham Lincoln (dies)

Mary Todd Lincoln

Tad Lincoln

Location(s):

Smallville

Washington, DC

The Timestream

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #11 (June 1965)

Superman in the Sixties ([September] 1999)

Superman: Past and Future ([December] 2008)

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