- I see you recognize the execution instrument used by the planet Krypton to punish its criminals! Well, you're going back where you belong... to the Phantom Zone.
- — Superboy
Adventure Comics #289 is an issue of the series Adventure Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 1961.
Synopsis for Superboy: "Clark Kent's Super-Father"
Jonathan Kent is cleaning the house while Martha Kent is away visiting relatives. He accidentally touches a space jewel in Clarks trophy room which gives him super powers. The jewel gives him super strength, invulnerability and the power of flight. Since he now has these powers, he informs Clark that he no longer wants him to risk his life as Superboy. Jonathan will assume the super duty role in order for Clark to have a normal boyhood. Jonathan fashions a new costume and dons a mask to hide his identity. Even though Clark wants to obey his father it is difficult for him to give up his role as Superboy altogether. At one point Clark sees professor Lang falling to his death on a hot air balloon and immediately sets off to rescue him only to have Jonathan show up suddenly and take over. Jonathan even goes as far as to paint the Kent residence with an invisible coat of lead paint to limit Clark's super vision. One afternoon, Jonathan and Clark are working together at the general store when a call comes in regarding three rangers who are trapped by a forest fire in a state park. Jonathan is handling a delivery and Clark offers to respond to the call. Jonathan refuses and hastily signs for the delivery so he can answer the call himself. As Jonathan is about to leave he instructs Clark to file the receipt and that is when Clark notices the signature that Jonathan has signed. Clark then uses his supervision to check up on Jonathan and sees him rescuing the forest rangers. He also observes that Jonathan is using a Superboy robot to collect kryptonite. Clark short circuits the robot with his x-ray vision and causes it to sink into quicksand along with the kryptonite. He then confronts Jonathan Kent as Superboy and unmasks him. It is revealed that he is really Jax-Ur an escaped criminal from the Phantom Zone . Jax-Ur had abducted the real Jonathan Kent and held him hostage while he assumed his identity to carry out his plan to eliminate Superboy using kryptonite. Since Jax-Ur is from Krypton he naturally had super powers on Earth. Superboy sends Jax-Ur back to the phantom zone and rescues Jonathan Kent. He then reveals that he had noticed that Jax-Ur had signed the general store receipt using his real name and that tipped him off that he was not the real Jonathan Kent.
Appearing in Superboy: "Clark Kent's Super-Father"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jonathan Kent
- Martha Kent (Cameo)
Antagonists:
- Phantom Zoners
- Jax-Ur (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Professor Lang
- Cosmic Boy (Statue only)
- Lightning Lad (Statue only)
- Saturn Girl (Statue only)
- Joseph Montgolfier (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Smallville
- Kent Farm
- Superboy's Trophy Room
- Kent General Store
- Kent Farm
- Krypton (Flashback only)
- Phantom Zone
Items:
- Superboy Robots (Destroyed)
- Green Kryptonite
- Kryptonian Weaponry Cache
- Phantom Zone Projector
- Piano
- Space Jewel
- Tablesaw
Vehicles:
- Professor Lang's Balloon
Synopsis for Bizarro: "Bizarro's Amazing Buddies"
When parents on the Bizarro World rise up in protest against horrifying TV programs from Earth like Daniel Boone, Bizarro No. 1 goes to Earth to find some wholesome heroes worthy of being seen on children's programming, like the Abominable Snowman, the Frankenstein Monster, and the Devil. He locates none of them, but does run across Titano, the giant super-ape, whom he calls "Tiny" and promises to make a star. On the Bizarro World, kids declare that "Tiny" is a steal of King Kong. Bizarro is disgraced. And because he is, the Bizarro Mayor proclaims him a hero and features him and his family in a ticker-tape parade.
Appearing in Bizarro: "Bizarro's Amazing Buddies"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Bizarro Krypto
- Bizarro Council
- Bizarro Mayor
- Asquith (Single appearance)
- Beggar
- Daniel Boone (On a TV or computer screen)
- Macduff (Single appearance)
- Marilyn Monroe (Mentioned only)
- Frank N. Stein (Single appearance)
- "Frankenstine" (Mentioned only)
- Mary Shelley (Cameo)
- "Abomimable Snowmann" (Hoax)
Locations:
- Htrae
- Car Wash
- Upright Tower of Pisa
- Earth
- 19th Century
- 14th Century
- Prehistoric Era
- Time Barrier
Items:
- Bizarro Code
- Dinosaurs
- Lightning
Vehicles:
- Bizarro-Mobile
Notes
- "Clark Kent's Super-Father" is reprinted in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular DC-12 and Superboy #185.
- "Bizarro's Amazing Buddies" is reprinted in Superman #202 and Tales of the Bizarro World.
Trivia
- In "Bizarro's Amazing Buddies", Bizarro #1 travels back in Earth's history and is mistaken for the Abominable Snowman, Frankenstein's Monster, and the Devil.
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