Comic Title: Best of DC #25
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: June 1982
On Sale Date: March 4, 1982 Newsstand Date March 4, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #199

Newsstand Date March 4, 1982
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #64

Newsstand Date March 4, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #71

Newsstand Date March 4, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #9

Copyright Date February 9, 1982
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1982
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date February 9, 1982
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #64

Cover Price: $0.95
Page Count: 96
Editor: Julius Schwartz

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Story of Superman, Junior"
Pages: 12

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

Writer: Jerry Coleman
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted From:
Action Comics #232 (1957)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Superman #116; next appearance in World's Finest Comics #90)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Superboy (in flashback; last appearance in Superman #116; next appearance in Adventure Comics #240)

Other Character(s)

• Jimmy Kirk (a boy with super-powers; no further appearances)
• Morton Kirk (Jimmy’s father; dies in flashback; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Superman meets a boy who lands on Earth in a rocket. The boy is Jimmy Kirk. His father sent him into space years ago because he thought the world was about to be destroyed. Superboy prevented that disaster, but Jimmy was never found.

Jimmy has now returned to Earth and has received super-powers as a result of his journey. His father’s dying wish is for Superman to become Jimmy’s father, so the Man of Steel takes Jimmy as his son. Together they become a super-powered team.

Superman’s powers begin disappearing one-by-one. He traces the cause to a poison carried on Jimmy’s rocket. Eventually all his powers disappear. Jimmy bravely sacrifices his own powers to restore those of his second father. With Superman back to normal, Jimmy is sent to live elsewhere.