Superman Supacomic #80
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Skyscraper Superman!", Superboy recalls a mysterious ally from the past—Unknown Boy—who secretly aided the Legion of Super-Heroes. When the truth emerges, Superboy realizes the hero was none other than Supergirl, who, after being affected by a red kryptonite cloud, crafted the Unknown Boy persona to protect her identity. Written by Edmond Hamilton and illustrated by John Forte, with inks by Sheldon Moldoff and lettering by Vivian Berg and Milton Snapinn, this 1966 tale blends mystery and heroism. The cover by Curt Swan and George Klein captures the moment with classic flair.
In "The Skyscraper Superman!", Superman finds himself transformed into a towering giant without his powers, forced to confront a threat that’s siphoning all the iron from Earth. As he struggles to adapt, flashes of his childhood on Krypton—memories of a time when he was a giant infant—begin to surface, offering clues to how he might still stop the alien invaders.
In "The Decline and Fall of Batman," a vengeful inventor named Eddie Repp unleashes a ghost imaging device that creates eerie, lifelike projections of the Dynamic Duo—causing real crime-fighters in Gotham to be overshadowed by their spectral doubles. As the city’s heroes struggle to maintain their edge, one unlikely figure, Aunt Harriet, finds herself drawn into the chaos, caught between the real and the imagined.
In a tale from Superman Supercomic #80, Superboy recalls a time when the Legion of Super-Heroes was aided by a mysterious hero known only as Unknown Boy—until the truth unfolds: the masked savior was none other than Supergirl. After a red kryptonite cloud erased her memory, she donned the Unknown Boy disguise to protect her identity while still defending the Legion, with help from Cosmic Boy, Saturn Girl, and the rest of the team.
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