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Issue: Superboy #85
Publication Date: December 1960
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Issues: #85 of 230 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: Superman DC National ComicsView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: National Comics Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/06/1960
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):  
Disclose Notes: Printed in the U.S.A. On-sale date from ad in Action Comics #270 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: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#129, 138, 147, 156, 165, 185, 202, 205, 208)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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The Secret of Mighty Boy!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photograph)
Inker(s): ? (photograph)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Joe Weider; Clancy Ross
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad, with response coupon, for training course from Joe Weider.
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The Mystery of Mighty Boy! Part I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Krypto robot; Superboy robots; Chad Kazzan (Mighty Boy's foster father); Vela Kazzan (Mighty Boy's foster mother); Professor Charles Keith (flashback, Mighty Boy's birth father, death); Mrs. Keith (flashback, Mighty Boy's birth mother, death); Zarl Kazzan robot; Mighty Boy robots
First Line: Presenting... a two-part novel in which a strange twist of destiny makes history repeat itself in a super way!
Synopsis: Superboy travels to the tiny planet Zumoor where he encounters the Earth born hero Mighty Boy.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Annual #6 published January 1962
as The Mystery of Mighty Boy! Part I [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Similar to Superman (DC, 1939 series) #58 (May-June 1949) and Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #52 (October 1956).
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Petrified Spaceman; The Thing (from 40,000 AD)
First Line: The next Giant Superman Annual...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #2.
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Children of Tomorrow!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, opinion
First Line: Celebrating United Nations Day, October 24th
Synopsis: Comics-form article relates how sub-standard conditions affect children in the world and quotes the "UN Declaration of the Rights of a Child."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[The Mystery of Mighty Boy!] Part II: Superboy's Lost Friend!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Charise Kaan; Chad Kazzan; Vela Kazzan (erroneously named Zilda); Zilda (Charise's cousin); Fire People (cameo)
First Line: Strange indeed has been the history of Mighty Boy, the 'Superboy' from earth!
Synopsis: A series of strange events mean Superboy must leave Zumoor and Mighty Boy forever.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Supacomic #20 published March 1961
as Superboy's Lost Friend! (The Mystery of Mighty Boy! Part 2) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Annual #6 published January 1962
as Part II: Superboy's Lost Friend! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: A flat tire!
Synopsis: Homer uses a ring of sausages as a spare tire on his meat delivery truck.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSuperman #158 published January 1963
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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Coming Super-Attractions!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: House ads for Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #49, Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #278, and Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #270, all "now on sale".
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from Keith Carter, Rick Crum, Tommy Moore, Olivia Silensky, Mary Carter, Lars Smathers, and Conley Phillips
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The Impossible Mission!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Mary Todd Lincoln; Tad Lincoln; Major Henry Rathbone
First Line: How strange, how mysterious is fate and its effect upon our lives!
Synopsis: Superboy travels to the past to prevent the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but runs into the adult Lex Luthor who immobilizes Superboy with red kryptonite. When Luthor realizes he has prevented Superboy from saving Lincoln, he remorsefully flees the past in his time machine.
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In Content Item: FlagAlbi del Falco #264 published May 1961
as La missione impossibile [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: Flag80 Page Giant Magazine #11 published June 1965
as The Impossible Mission! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman in the Sixties #[nn] published November 1999
as The Impossible Mission! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman: Past and Future #[nn] published February 2008
as The Impossible Mission! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Bebe's friend
First Line: Look at this swell mud, Bebe.
Synopsis: Bebe's friend doesn't care if he gets dirty.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagSuperman #87 published February 1954
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: America's most exciting war game only $1.00 plus postage
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, from Helen of Toy, Co.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Do you want spending money?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Yogi Berra; Mickey Mantle; Whitey Ford; Bob Cousy; Doak Walker; Carmen Basilio; Kyle Rote; Joe Louis
First Line: Let us pack your body with the muscle power you've always wanted!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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