Comic Title: Superman Annual #1
Publisher: DC (All American Printing Co., Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: 1960
On Sale Date: June 23, 1960 Newsstand Date June 23, 1960
Source: House Ad, Sugar and Spike #30, Page 7

Copyright Date June 23, 1960
Source: Library of Congress, Pamphlets 1960

Cover Price: $0.25
Page Count: 80
Editor: Mort Weisinger

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Execution of Krypto"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Superboy (of Earth-1)

Writer: Otto Binder
Artist: George Papp

Reprinted From:
Superboy #67 (1958)

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #67; next appearance in Superboy #67)

Supporting Character(s)

• Krypto (last appearance in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #29; next appearance in Adventure Comics #254)
• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Adventure Comics #251; next appearance in Superboy #67)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in Adventure Comics #251; next appearance in Superboy #67)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #67; next appearance in Superboy #67)
• Lewis Lang (last appearance in Adventure Comics #250; next appearance in Adventure Comics #254)

Villain(s)

• Univac Smith and his men (no further appearances)
• Gadget Gaines and his men (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
After breaking up a gang of crooks with his dog Krypto, Superboy returns home. He finds that his dummy stand-in for Clark Kent is broken, so he asks Krypto to dump it in the river. Krypto is seen by Professor Lang, who believes Krypto killed Clark.

Krypto is hunted down and scheduled for execution. Superboy says he can’t find Clark’s body to protect his secret identity. Krypto is executed, but immediately thereafter Clark Kent turns up alive, exonerated the extinguished mutt.

Another crook, Gadget Grimes, is disappointed because he was given a mind-reading helmet which could have read Krypto’s mind. He junks the helmet which Superboy recovers. Krypto is then revealed to have been feigning death. He was working with Superboy to make sure the helmet was never used.