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Issue Details

Issue #289
Published October 1961
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Clark Kent's Super-Father"

Characters Ma and Pa Kent
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

13 page Superboy story "Clark Kent's Super-Father"

Characters Jax-Ur (intro), Phantom Zone, Ma and Pa Kent, Superboy robots, Kryptonite, Krypton (flashback)
Synopsis Jax-Ur poses as Super-Dad
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. Corrected 8/05. Previously given as Otto Binder.
Reprinted in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-12; in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #185 (May 1972)

1 page Tricksy filler "Bed of Nails"

Synopsis Matches mystic on bed of nails but uses suit of armor
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

12 page Tales of the Bizarro World story "Bizarro's Amazing Buddies"

Characters Titano, Bizarro Lois, Frankenstein, King Kong (poster)
Synopsis Appears before Mary Shelley and inspires her classic novel. Meets Titano but the people of Bizarro World believe he stole the idea from the King Kong movie.
Genre superhero; humor
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #202 (December 1967-January 1968); in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #nn