Comic Title: Superboy #161
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1969
On Sale Date: October 7, 1969 Newsstand Date October 7, 1969
Source: House Ad, Superman #222, Page 36

Copyright Date October 7, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Frequency: Monthly, with the exception of Feb., Aug. and Nov.
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

Title: "The Strange Death of Superboy"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Superboy (of Earth-1)

Writer: Frank Robbins
Penciller: Bob Brown
Inker: Wallace Wood

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Action Comics #382; next appearance in Superboy #162)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Superboy #159; next appearance in Superboy #162)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in Superboy #159; next appearance in Superboy #162)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #160; next appearance in Superboy #164)
• Bash Bashford (last appearance in Superboy #157; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dr. Franz Haller (a brain surgeon; no further appearances)
• A football coach and several high school students (no further appearances)
• A team of doctors (no further appearances)
• A Superboy robot (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
When Bash Bashford earns all the attention from his classmates including Lana Lang, Clark Kent is jealous. He challenges Bash, but worries that he will lose control of his super strength and hurt Bash. To even the playing field, Clark concocts a Kryptonite formula to reduce his power level to human levels. He plans to let his robots to handle emergencies.

Clark then goes to school to fight Bash. When a poison gas leak threatens the town, he discovers that his robot was affected by his experiments too and is now weak. A fortunate wind saves the town from the gas.

Clark begins to regret his decision to give up his powers. However, he wins his fight with Bash, then tries out for the football team. Bash tries to get even and is critically injured while trying to tackle Clark. Only an expert brain surgeon can save him.

Clark returns home to create a formula that will restore his powers. The experiment nearly kills him, but he succeeds. Superboy then retrieves the brain surgeon from Vienna who then saves Bash's life.