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Issue Details

Issue #68
Published October 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)
Notes Bizarro appears in the October 1958 daily Superman comic strip by Alvin Schwartz and Curt Swan. Since the October issue of Superboy went on sale in August, it appeared first. However, which one was written first is unclear.

Cover Details - "Bizarro -- The Super-Creature of Steel!"

Characters Superboy; Bizarro
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

7 page Superboy story "The Boy of Steel vs the Thing of Steel Chapter 1: The Amazing Bizarro"

Characters Superboy; Bizarro (introduction); Prof Dalton (introduction); Melissa
Synopsis A scientist's experiment backfires and creates an imperfect duplicate of Superboy.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2 (1960); in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #15 (November 1981); in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1987 series) #nn; in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn

1 page Binky public service announcement "Lost -- A Free Education!"

Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page Little Pete filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

7 page Superboy story "The Boy of Steel vs the Thing of Steel Chapter 2: The Runaway Super-Creature"

Characters Superboy; Bizarro; Professor Dalton; Melissa; Kryptonite
Synopsis Bizarro's dimwitted attempts to help only create great danger for all those around him.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2 (1960); in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #15 (November 1981); in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1987 series) #nn; in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn

Half page Shorty filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Casey the Cop filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Smallville Mailsack letters page

Pencils John Sikela?
Inks John Sikela?
Letters typeset
Notes First letters page.

7 page Superboy story "The Boy of Steel vs the Thing of Steel Chapter 3: The Battle with Bizarro"

Characters Superboy; Bizarro; Melissa
Synopsis The army unleashes an anachronistic A-bomb against Bizarro.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2 (1960); in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #15 (November 1981); in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1987 series) #nn; in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn

1 page Superboy's Workshop activity "Razor Blade Radio"

Genre superhero