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SUPERBOY #77

Cover Date: December 1959
Cover Price: $.10
Publication Date: 1959-10-08

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Space Adventures of Krypto!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtGeorge Papp
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Adventure Comics #266; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Krypto (in between Adventure Comics #266 and #267)

Villain(s):

a carnivorous plant species (first appearance; creates illusions to entrap victims)

Other Character(s):

an unidentified alien race (first appearance; believe Krypto to be part of a prophecy)

Location(s):

Space Sector 2814
Earth
Smallville
Unidentified Space Sector(s)
an unidentified asteroid
an unidentified planets

Story Reprinted in:

Superboy Annual #1/7 (Summer 1964)


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Second Story: "The Grandson of Steel!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder (?)
ArtJohn Sikela
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (in between the first and the third stories in this issue; also in flashback as Superbaby, last in flashback in issue #76; next in flashback in Action Comics #288)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in Adventure Comics #266; next in the third story in this issue; also in flashback, last in flashback in issue #76; next in Superman Vol. 1 #152/2)
Martha Kent (in flashback; last in flashback in issue #76; next in Superman Vol. 1 #152/2)

Other Character(s):

Edith Kent (first appearance; in flashback; Jonathan Kent's mother)
Hiram Kent (first appearance; in flashback; Jonathan Kent's father)

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Vol. 1 #212/5 (December 1968)


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Third Story: "Superboy's Best Friend!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryRobert Bernstein
ArtGeorge Papp
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in the second story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #267)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in the second story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #267)
Martha Kent (in between Adventure Comics #266 and #267)

Villain(s):

Joe Shaw (first appearance)
Rick Farrow (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

Freddy Shaw (first appearance; dies)
Mr. Gray (a teacher)
Dr. Kenyon

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #319/2 (April 1964)


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