Comic Title: Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 1990
On Sale Date: October 16, 1990 Shipping Date October 16, 1990
Source: Previews, #20

Shipping Date October 16, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #184

Shipping Date October 18, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #22

Direct Market Date October 18, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #166, Page 1

Direct Market Date November 29, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #175

Cover Price: $29.95
Page Count: 288
Editor: Mike Gold

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Superboy and the Sleeping Beauty"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: France E. Herron
Penciller: Curt Swan
Inker: John Fischetti

Reprinted From:
Superboy #22 (1952)

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #22; next appearance in Superboy #22)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #22; next appearance in Superboy #22)
• Lewis Lang (last appearance in Superboy #22; next appearance in Superboy #22)

Other Character(s)

• Joe and Alice (Lana Lang's classmates; no further appearances)
• An unnamed colonel (no further appearances)
• Org, Norg, Axel, Maxel, and Jaxel (no further appearances)
• A tribe of pygmies (Wamba named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Lana Lang brings several authentic artifacts from her father's African collection to school to use as props in a play. One of the artifacts is a blow gun used by native tribesman. Lana accidentally is poked by a dart tipped with poison. She instantly falls asleep. Superboy learns that the poison requires a rare antidote.

Superboy is about to ask Lana's father if he has any of the antidote, but instead learns that Mr. Lang is preparing for a secret government mission. Superboy doesn't want to distract Lang from his important work, so he doesn't tell him about his daughter. In order to fool Mr. Lang, Superboy stages a play in which Lana plays sleeping beauty.

Superboy then flies to Africa and retrieves the antidote from the local natives. He then returns to Smallville and gives the antidote to Lana. She recovers. Mr. Lang doesn't learn that his daughter was poisoned and is able to go on his mission without distraction.