| Characters |
Jonathan Kent (death); Martha Kent (death); Lana Lang; Blackbeard (intro, villain); Lex Luthor; Superboy (guest star); Phantom Zone; Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue) (all in flashback); Superman |
| Synopsis |
On the anniversary of his adoptive parents' deaths, Superman recalls how he, as Superboy, sent his parents on a Caribbean cruise on which they contracted the fever plague that, despite his best efforts to cure them, led to their sad passing. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Leo Dorfman |
| Pencils |
Al Plastino |
| Inks |
Al Plastino |
| Reprinted |
in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #165 (June 1970) [retitled there as "The Death of Ma and Pa Kent"]; in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] |