Adventure Comics #292

This January 1962 DC gem features Superboy standing helplessly on a Smallville street while a giant projected image of a gleefully sneering young Lex Luthor looms overhead — and to make matters worse, Lana Lang, Jonathan and Martha Kent, and a passing townsman are all laughing right along with him. The cover by Curt Swan and Sheldon Moldoff captures that delightfully cruel Silver Age premise with crisp, expressive charm, promising a story by writer Bill Finger and artist Al Plastino where even the Boy of Steel's closest family and friends can be turned against him. If you enjoy seeing Superboy genuinely flustered by a scheme that hits closer to home than any supervillain's fists, this issue looks like a treat.