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Cover: Curt Swan & Stan Kaye

Superboy #85

Dec 1960 · DC · 0.10 USD
“The Mystery of Mighty Boy! Part I”

Superboy travels to the past to prevent the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but runs into the adult Lex Luthor who immobilizes Superboy with red kryptonite. When Luthor realizes he has prevented Superboy from saving Lincoln, he remorsefully flees the past in his time machine.

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writer Jerry Siegel · artist George Papp · inker George Papp · cover Curt SwanStan Kaye

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cover pencils Curt Swan
cover inks Stan Kaye

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Superboy travels to the past to prevent the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, but runs into the adult Lex Luthor who immobilizes Superboy with red kryptonite. When Luthor realizes he has prevented Superboy from saving Lincoln, he remorsefully flees the past in his time machine.

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