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SUPERBOY #86

Cover Date: January 1961
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1960-11-22

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "The Super Coward!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	Al Plastino
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in issue #85/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Martha Kent (last in issue #85/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Lana Lang (last in Adventure Comics #279; next in the third story in this issue)

Villain(s):

two criminals (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Superboy robots (Robot 3 identified)

residents of Smallville

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Smallville

Unidentified Space Sector

an unidentified planet

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Second Story: "The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Robert Bernstein
Art	George Papp
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in the first story in this issue; next in New Adventures of Superboy #2/2)

Supporting Character(s):

Pete Ross (first appearance; last chronological appearance in issue #102; next in issue #90/3)

Jonathan Kent (last in the first story in this issue; next in New Adventures of Superboy #2/2)

Martha Kent (last in the first story in this issue; next in New Adventures of Superboy #2/2)

Villain(s):

two bullies (first appearance of both; Joe named)

Other Character(s):

Students at Smallville High

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #342/2 (March 1966)

Best of DC #15 (August 1981)

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Third Story: "The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	George Papp
Lettering	Joe Letterese
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in New Adventures of Superboy #2/2; next in Adventure Comics #280)

Guest Star(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes

Lightning Lad (in between Adventure Comics #267 and #290)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in New Adventures of Superboy #2/2; next in Adventure Comics #280)

Lana Lang (last in the first story this issue; next in Adventure Comics #280)

Krypto (in between issues #85 and #87/2)

Villain(s):

Lex Luthor (last in Adventure Comics #253; next in issue #91)

Guest Appearance(s):

Legion of Super-Heroes

Cosmic Boy (in between Adventure Comics #267 and #290)

Saturn Girl (in between Adventure Comics #267 and #290)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814

Earth

Metropolis

Legion Headquarters (in the 30th Century)

Smallville

Unidentified Space Sector

an unidentified asteroid

Story Reprinted in:

80 Page Giant Magazine #11 (June 1965)

Adventure Comics #492 (October 1982)

Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 (1991)

Superman vs. Lex Luthor (2006)

Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 ([April] 2007)

Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus #1 (2017)

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