Cover Credits |
Penciller: Curt Swan Inker: Al Plastino |
Comic List |
Comic Title: Superman in the Sixties TPB
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1999
On Sale Date:
September 29, 1999 Direct Market Date September 8, 1999
Source: Previews, Vol. 9 #7 (#127)
Direct Market Date September 29, 1999
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, September 29, 1999
Direct Market Date September 29, 1999
Source: Diamond Shipping List, Shipping This Week: September 29
Direct Market Date September 29, 1999
Source: Usenet, Late Comics Report for the week of October 1, 1999
Cover Price: $19.95
Page Count: 240
Editor: Dale Crain
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Title: "The Lair of Brainiac"
Pages: 9
Feature(s):
Superboy (of Earth-1)
Writer: Jerry Siegel
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: George Klein
Reprinted From:
Superboy #106 (1963)
Feature Character(s)
- Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #106; next appearance in Adventure Comics #310)
Supporting Character(s)
- Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Superboy #106; next appearance in Superboy #107)
- Martha Kent (last appearance in Superboy #106; next appearance in Superboy #107)
- Jor-El (appears in flashback; last appearance in Superboy #104; next appearance in Action Comics #303)
- Lara (appears in flashback; last appearance in Superboy #104; next appearance in Action Comics #303)
Villain(s)
- Brainiac (appears in flashback; last appearance in Superman #141; next appearance in Action Comics #242)
- Koko (appears in flashback; last appearance in Superman #141; next appearance in Action Comics #242)
- Renlo and Tagor (appear in flashback; Brainiac’s assistants; no further appearances)
Flashback Appearance(s)
- Kal-El (as a baby on Krypton; last appearance in Superman #154; next appearance in Action Comics #303)
- Jonathan Kent (in flashback; seen by Kal-El before arriving on Earth; last appearance in Superman #141; next appearance in More Fun Comics #101)
Cameo Appearance(s)
- Krypto (in a holographic picture)
Comments:
This is an untold story of Superbaby.
Brainiac is said to have come from the planet Bryak. It’s population is shown to have been wiped out by a plague.
Synopsis:
Superboy uses his mind-prober ray to retrieve forgotten memories from his own mind. Using the machine, he learns that he was kidnapped from Krypton as a small child by Brainiac. Brainiac takes him to the planet Bryak which has a yellow sun, resulting in young Kal-El acquiring super-powers. The mischievous child creates so much trouble for the outlaw, that Brainiac returns him to Krypton vowing to return later to avenge his humiliation.
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