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Issue Details

Issue #287
Published August 1961
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger
Notes Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05. Arrival date: 1962-02-27

Cover Details - "The War of the Superboys"

Characters Dev-Em; Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue)
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05. Arrival date: 1962-02-27

13 page Superboy story "War of the Superboys"

Characters Dev-Em (intro), Jor-El, Lara (flashbacks), Krypton, Krypto, Ron-Em, Leeta, Kryptonite
Synopsis Bad boy Dev-Em escapes Krypton and arrives on Earth
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Concluded in next issue. Superboy origin retold. Yellow sun theory included. Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. Corrected 8/05. Previously given to Otto Binder.

1 page Shorty filler "Golfing"

Synopsis Adds garden tools to golf-bag because he's often in the rough
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

12 page Tales of the Bizarro World story "Jimmy Olsen's Kookie Scoops"

Characters Intro Olsen-Bizarro, Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, Bizarro Lois, Bizarro Perry White, Bizarro Krypto
Synopsis Jimmy accidentally gets transported to the Bizarro World and tries to work for the Bizarro newspaper
Genre superhero; humor
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Notes Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05. Previously stated as George Klein.
Reprinted in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #13 (August 1965); in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #nn