Issue Details

Issue	#286
Published	July 1961
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Mr. Mxyzptlk Becomes a Bizarro"

Characters	Bizarro-Mxyzptlk; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Jr.
Genre	superhero; humor
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #nn

13 page Superboy story "The Witch of Smallville"

Characters	Lana Lang, Ma and Pa Kent. Old Meg (intro)
Synopsis	A witch terrorizes Smallville.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino

1 page Homer filler "Flying Fish"

Synopsis	Uses string of fish tanks to keep flying fish
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Preceeds page 9 of Superboy story.

1 page Shorty filler "Astronaut"

Synopsis	Can't eat lunch through mandatory helmet
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

13 page Tales of the Bizarro World story "Bizarro, Private Detective"

Characters	Mr. Mxyzptlk-Bizarro, Bizarro Lois, Bizarro Jr. Bizarro-Kltpzyxm
Synopsis	Criminal makes pretty things on Bizarro World
Genre	superhero; humor
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	John Forte
Inks	John Forte
Reprinted	in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #193 (January-February 1967) [retitled there as "The Guilty Bizarro, or, It's Nice to Be Wanted" with one page cut]; in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #nn