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Issue: Superboy #89
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
On Sale Date: 04/06/1961
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mort Weisinger
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #53 and copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.; Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-Stitched; Squarebound (#129, 138, 147, 156, 165, 185, 202, 205, 208)
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Assets1
 
 
Superboy's Big Brother!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Mon-El
Reprinting
FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as Superboy #89 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Test Your Talent

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Art Instruction, Inc.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
Superboy's Big Brother! Part I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Bernstein
George Papp
George Papp
?
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy [Kal-El]; Mon-El [also as Bob Cobb]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Krypto (cameo); Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback)
When a space ship crashes outside Smallville, Superboy finds an amnesiac, super-powered youth who might be his older brother. He christens him Mon-El and sets him up with a secret identity, but he soon finds evidence that Mon-El is not, in fact, Kryptonian.
Reprinting
FlagSuperboy #129 published May 1966
as Part I: Superboy's Big Brother! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAdventure Comics #494 [Direct Sales] published December 1982
as Part I: Superboy's Big Brother! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 [1st Printing] published January 1991
as Superboy's Big Brother! [Superboy's Big Brother! Part 1] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as Superboy's Big Brother! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman: Tales from the Phantom Zone #[nn] published August 2009
as Part I... Superboy's Big Brother [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
1st appearance of Mon-El. Story reworked from "Superman's Big Brother" in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #80 (January-February 1953).
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Palisades Amusement Park
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff
?
Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
humorous
Ollie
Here's a customer, Ollie. Take care of him!
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Adventure Comics; Tales of the Bizarrro World
Featured in the next issue of Adventure Comics...
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[Superboy's Big Brother! Part II] The Secret of Mon-El!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Bernstein
George Papp
George Papp
?
Joe Letterese
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy; Mon-El [Bob Cobb] (origin); Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Miss Joyce; King Mycerinua; Rhodopis; Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); unnamed Phantom Zone prisoner (flashback)
Trying to prove Mon-El isn't actually Kryptonian, Superboy accidentally exposes him to lead, which both poisons him and returns his memory. Mon-El remembers that he is a space explorer from Daxam, who visited Krypton, meeting Jor-El and Lara, before arriving on Earth. To save his life, Superboy sends Mon-El into the Phantom Zone until he can cure him of his lead poisoning.
Reprinting
FlagSuperboy #129 published May 1966
as Part 2: The Secret of Mon-El! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAdventure Comics #494 [Direct Sales] published December 1982
as Part 2: The Secret of Mon-El! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1 [1st Printing] published January 1991
as The Secret of Mon-El! [Superboy's Big Brother! Part 2] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagShowcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes #1 published June 2007
as The Secret of Mon-El! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman: Tales from the Phantom Zone #[nn] published August 2009
as [Part II...] The Secret of Mon-El! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mort Weisinger
Curt Swan (logo illustration)
Stan Kaye (logo illustration)
? (logo illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
Smallville Mailsack
Superboy; Krypto
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Miscellaneous
1
Letters from: Alan Rapoport, Joe Reeves, Paul W. DeFazio, Carole Rokaw, Bill Hoermann, Eddie Link, Norm Conley and Harry Meskin.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff
?
Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
humorous
Ollie
I hope this moose horn works!
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Miscellaneous
0.67
Coming... Super-Attractions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Adventure Comics; Action Comics
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Miscellaneous
0.33
The Super-Cop of Smallville!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry Siegel
Curt Swan
Stan Kaye
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Superboy
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Chief Parker
The entire Smallville police force is quarantined so Superboy has to take their place.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
Honor House Prod. Corp.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Wilson Chemical Co.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Revolutionary War Soldiers
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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