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Cover: Curt Swan & Stan Kaye

Superboy #68

Oct 1958 · DC · 0.10 USD
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“The Boy of Steel versus the Thing of Steel, Chapter I: The Amazing Bizarro”

From 1958, this DC ten-cent issue features a striking cover by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye that immediately telegraphs its central conflict: an eerie, chalk-faced Bizarro confronts Superboy in mid-air while a frightened crowd below hurls rocks at the imperfect duplicate, capturing his tragic plea — "Why does everybody hate me?" — right there in the cover's speech balloon. The bold banner announces a great three-part novel, "Bizarro — The Super-Creature of Steel!", promising an ambitious multi-chapter story written by Otto Binder with interior art by George Papp. It's a genuinely compelling cover that balances superhero spectacle with unexpected pathos, making this an intriguing read from DC's Silver Age.

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writer Otto Binder · artist, inker George Papp · cover Curt Swan, Stan Kaye

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artist, inker George Papp
cover pencils Curt Swan
cover inks Stan Kaye

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Bizarro's dimwitted attempts to help only create great danger for all those around him.

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