New Adventures of Superboy (1980 DC) Whitman comic books
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Issue #2
$2.60
Whitman edition. Cover pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dick Giordano. "The Demon Next Door," script by Cary Bates, art by Kurt Schaffenberger; After Prof. Lewis Lang digs up an idol called the Twins of Kokra in the Middle East, he is possessed by an Ahrimanic demon, and Superboy must find a way to exorcise it. When Superman Was Superboy article. "The Day of the Explosive Element," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt; Superboy balks at learning Kryptonese from a teaching-helmet, until he is almost frozen to death by an element in Jor-Els rocket with a Kryptonese warning inscription he can't completely decipher. 36 pgs., full color. $0.40. Cover price $0.40.
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Issue #5
$2.50
Whitman edition. Cover pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt. "Secret of the Super-Power Failures," script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt; Superboys powers seem inexplicably on the wane, until Jonathan Kent learns that the tomatoes they have been recently eating have been impregnated by alien farmers with spores from a red-sun system; The action was an accident, and Superboy destroys the contaminated vegetables; In gratitude, the aliens want to reward Superboy, but are turned down; Thus, they reward Jonathan Kent, by telling him they will make his greatest subconscious wish come true in the future. Note: ties into "The Miraculous Return of Jonathan Kent" in Action Comics (1938 DC) #507. 36 pgs., full color. $0.40. Cover price $0.40.
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Issue #8
$2.60
Whitman edition. Cover pencils by Ross Andru and Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt. "Clark Kent Must Die!", script by Cary Bates, pencils by Kurt Schaffenberger, inks by Dave Hunt; Jonathan and Martha Kent inexplicably lose all knowledge that their foster son Clark is Superboy; This creates such problems for him, since he fears revealing his double identity to them now, that he has to stage Clarks "death" by drowning and pretend that Superboy could not rescue him; At Clarks memorial service, Martha Kent angrily slaps Superboy. Continued next issue. #63 Joe Orlando — DC profiles biography by Mike W. Barr. 36 pgs., full color. $0.40. Cover price $0.40.
