Issue Details

Issue	#86
Published	January 1961
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

9 page Superboy story "The Super Coward!"

Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino

Half page Homer filler

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

8 page Superboy story "The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!"

Characters	first appearance Pete Ross
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Reprinted	in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #342; in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #15

Half page Little Orville filler

1 page public service announcement "Get a Grip on Your Gripes!"

Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bernard Baily
Inks	Bernard Baily
Letters	Ira Schnapp

8 page Superboy story "The Army of Living Kryptonite Men!"

Characters	Superboy; Lex Luthor; Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Krypto; Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo)
Synopsis	Luthor lures Superboy into a kryptonite trap, but he is saved by a timely appearance of Lightning Lad.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Letters	Joe Letterese
Notes	Luthor speculates about the existence of a Legion of Super-Villains, and their future first appearance is plugged in the final caption of the story.
Reprinted	in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #11; in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #492; in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1