Comic Title: Great Superman Comic Book Collection HC
Publisher: Macmillan
Cover Date: 1982
Approx. On Sale Date: June 1, 1982
Cover Price: $13.95
Page Count: 208

Title: "How Luthor Met Superboy"
Pages: 13

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Al Plastino

Reprinted From:
Adventure Comics #271 (1960)

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #139; next appearance in Superboy #59)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jonathan Kent (last appearance in Superboy #139; next appearance in Superboy #59)
• Martha Kent (last appearance in Superboy #139; next appearance in Superboy #59)
• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #139; next appearance in Superboy #59)
• Krypto (last appearance in Superman #173; next appearance in Adventure Comics #241)

Villain(s)

• Lex Luthor (last appearance in Superboy #139; next appearance in Superboy #59)

Synopsis:
Superboy meets a new resident in Smallville, Lex Luthor. Luthor saves Superboy from a Kryptonite meteor. The Boy of Steel learns that Luthor is a fan of his, so he rewards Lex’s good deed with a new lab to further the boy’s scientific interest.

Luthor creates an amazing protoplasm which is a scientific breakthrough. He decides to us his discovery to create a Kryptonite antidote for Superboy. He is successful in his creation, but he accidently starts a lab fire. Superboy blows out the fire, but the chemicals cause Lex’s hair to fall out and his work has been burned up.

Blaming Superboy for the accident Lex seeks revenge against the Boy of Steel. However he still wants to do good for the community. He invents several things to help Smallville, but each backfires on him. He blames Superboy for their failure, so he tries to kill him with Kryptonite. Superboy escapes doom, but is disappointed in Lex. He can only hope that Lex will someday change his ways.