So, you see, I'm too adept at sports! My super-powers make me unfit to compete with boys who are normal in their skills! If I played against them, it would be unsportsman-like because we wouldn't be fairly matched! 
- — Superboy
Superboy #88 is an issue of the series Superboy (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1961.
Synopsis for "The Invader from Earth!"
Superboy tries to help out an alien race, but his every effort goes wrong, and they mistake him for an evil demon.
Appearing in "The Invader from Earth!"
Featured Characters:
Other Characters:
- Red Aliens
Locations:
- Planet of Red Aliens
Synopsis for "The One-Man Team!"
When Smallville suffers yet another crushing loss in a football game, the principal of Smallville High and the coach of their football team ask Superboy to go out for the team. Superboy demonstrates to the people of Smallville why he shouldn't be part of the team. During an all-star sports exhibition of his super-powers, he bags several crooks in the process.
Appearing in "The One-Man Team!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Mobsters
- Duke
Other Characters:
Locations:
Synopsis for "The Saddest Boy in Smallville!"
Clark Kent's classmate Tommy Hunter is ashamed that his father, James, is only a doorman at the Smallville Bijou, until James Hunter helps Superboy apprehend the ABC Gang.
Appearing in "The Saddest Boy in Smallville!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- ABC Gang
Other Characters:
- John Hunter
- Tommy Hunter
Locations:
Notes
- "The Saddest Boy in Smallville!" is adapted from the unaired pilot for a Superboy television show.
- Discrepancies between the Superboy pilot and comics at the time are reflected in a line of dialogue that suggests Professor Lewis Lang "isn't famous [...] just a science teacher" rather than the world-famous explorer and archaeologist he is in comic stories.
- "The One-Man Team!" is adapted from an unfilmed script written for the same Superboy television project.[1]
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Superboy Recommended Reading
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
- Superboy (Volume 1)
- Superboy (Volume 2)
- Superboy (Volume 4)
- Superboy (Volume 5)
- Superboy (Volume 6)
- Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- Superboy and the Ravers (Volume 1)
- Young Justice (Volume 1)
- Young Justice (Volume 3)
- Teen Titans (Volume 3)
- Teen Titans (Volume 4)