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Issue Details

Issue #80
Published April 1960
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Superboy Meets Supergirl!"

Characters Superboy; Supergirl
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1

8 page Superboy story "The Thief of Steel!"

Characters Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Zog; Jix; Superboy
Synopsis Two aliens threaten to reveal Superboy's identity unless he overthrows the government of Zooria for them.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder?
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela

Half page Janie filler

1 page public service announcement "Aloha... Hawaii!"

Characters Senator Hiram L. Fong; Senator Oren E. Long; Rep. Daniel K. Inouye
Synopsis A celebration of Brotherhood Week and Hawaii as our 50th state.
Genre Fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Ira Schnapp

9 page Superboy story "The Shyest Boy in Town!"

Characters Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Doctor Wiles; Krypto; Superboy
Synopsis The school psychologist decides Clark needs to break out of his shell by making him wear Superboy's costume all the time.
Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Reprinted in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #142 (October 1967)

Half page Jerry Jitterbug filler

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

9 page Superboy story "Superboy Meets Supergirl!"

Characters Superboy; Supergirl; Superman; Argo City (flashback); Zor-El (flashback)
Synopsis Supergirl goes back into the past to meet Superboy, so he can have a super playmate.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Forte
Notes Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Ink credit from Pat Lang and Bob Hughes. Script credit originally given to: "Otto Binder?" Ink credit originally given to both Forte and "George Klein?". Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 credits - writer as Otto Binder and inker as George Klein.
Reprinted in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (March 1966); in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #7; in Superboy: The Greatest Team-Ups Ever Told (DC, 2010 series) #[nn]; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1