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Issue Details

Issue #298
Published July 1962
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Fat Superboy"

Characters Lana Lang
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Reprinted in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn]

12 page Superboy story "The Fat Boy of Steel"

Characters Lana Lang, Red Kryptonite, Ma and Pa Kent, Chief Parker, Pete Ross, Krypto
Synopsis Fatness epidemic strikes Smallville, red K does same to Superboy.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. Story is a re-hash of Superboy 24.

1 page Moolah the Mystic filler "Escape Artist"

Synopsis Can't escape doing dishes
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

11 page Tales of the Bizarro World story "Bizarro Goes Sane"

Characters Bizarro Lois, Bizarro Jr., Blue Kryptonite, Bizarro Jimmy Olsen
Synopsis Bizarro has to prove he's "sane" in order to get out of the Bizarro insane asylum.
Genre superhero; humor
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Forte
Inks John Forte
Notes Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05. Formerly George Klein.
Reprinted in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #nn

1 page Superman public service announcement "Be A Good Citizen"

Genre superhero
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Sheldon Moldoff
Inks Sheldon Moldoff

1 page Little Pete filler "Fish Tank"

Synopsis Hangs Little Archie on clothesline after he fall in
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff