Superboy #2/1981

In a chilling twist of time, Superboy stumbles upon a flawless replica of Smallville—too perfect to be real—where a malfunctioning Superboy-Roboter secretly takes over his identity. With Martha and Jonathan Kent both as robots, and R.J. Desmond watching closely, the real Superboy must unravel a deception that blurs the line between hero and machine, all while a mysterious figure named Pygor looms in the shadows.

When Krypto, the superdog of Smallville, goes undercover to hide his powers from the Kent family, he earns the nickname Skippy—only to prove his worth when a jewelry heist at Jonathan Kent’s store sends the town’s police scrambling. With his keen senses and surprising agility, Skippy takes center stage, stopping the fleeing getaway bus and helping Polizeichef Parker bring the thieves to justice.

Superboy struggles to balance his dual life when his parents insist he complete his schoolwork without using his powers—especially when he doesn’t see the point of learning Kryptonian, since he believes himself the last of his kind. When a mysterious element discovered in his rocket ship proves impossible to decipher, Clark finds himself in a perilous situation he can’t escape with strength alone.