🛩️ Superboy #69 (December 1958) is a classic early Silver Age issue from DC Comics, notable for its Curt Swan cover and a trio of inventive stories that showcase the Boy of Steel’s versatility and vulnerability.

📘 Publication Details

• Publisher: DC Comics (National Comics Publications)
• Cover Price: $0.10
• Editor: Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Mort Weisinger (actual)
• Cover Art: Curt Swan & Stan Kaye
• Page Count: 36 pages

🧠 Featured Stories

1. “How Superboy Learned to Fly!”

   • A flashback tale where Superboy struggles to master aerial steering after first donning his costume.
   • He inadvertently terrifies a pilot while guiding a plane to safety.
   • Script by Otto Binder; art by John Sikela.
   • Reprinted in Superboy Annual #1 and several international editions.

2. “The Racer in the Leaden Mask!”

   • A mysterious masked man uses a super-engine to break speed records across land, sea, and air.
   • Superboy uncovers a crooked betting scheme involving two identical “Professor X” figures.
   • Art by George Papp.

3. “The Indestructible Robot”

   • Gangster Ace Farrow uses a Kryptonite flamethrower to disable Superboy.
   • Superboy deploys a robot decoy, which is gradually dismantled until Farrow hypnotizes it using its own parts.
   • Art by George Papp; possibly scripted by Bill Finger.

Also includes a one-page “Shorty” humor strip by Henry Boltinoff and several vintage ads (Tootsie Roll, Daisy Air Rifles, stamp collecting).

Sales are infrequent, with CGC 7.0–8.0 copies occasionally surfacing. A CGC 9.2 sold for $504 in 2018.

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It’s a charming mix of sci-fi, humor, and early Kryptonite lore—