Comic Title: Best of DC #7
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: Sep/Oct 1980
On Sale Date: June 12, 1980 Newsstand Date June 12, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #43

Copyright Date June 12, 1980
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1980

Newsstand Date June 11, 1980
Source: Comic Reader, #180

Newsstand Date June 10, 1980
Source: Daily Planet, Vol. 80 #19
Listed as on sale the week of June 10th

Shipping Date May 20, 1980
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #43

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.95
Page Count: 96
Editor: Julius Schwartz

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "The Kryptonite Kid"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: George Papp

Reprinted From:
Superboy #99 (1962)

Feature Character(s)

• Superboy (last appearance in Superboy #99; next appearance in Adventure Comics #300)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lana Lang (last appearance in Superboy #99; next appearance in Adventure Comics #300)
• Pete Ross (last appearance in Adventure Comics #298; next appearance in Superboy #100)
• Krypto (last appearance in Adventure Comics #298; next appearance in Adventure Comics #301)

Villain(s)

• Kryptonite Kid (last appearance in Superboy #83; next appearance in Adventure Comics #454)
• Kryptonite Kid's dog (last appearance in Superboy #83; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A Krypto robot (no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Mr. Mxyzptlk (in flashback to the first story of Superboy #83)

Synopsis:
Kryptonite Kid returns, having been released from a 5th dimensional prison. Using his Kryptonite touch, the boy paralyzes Superboy, but gives the Boy of Steel an opportunity to escape. The kid forces Superboy to exchange Krypto’s life for his own.

Superboy finds Krypto and turns him over to the Kryptonite Kid. However, after a short chase, Krypto appears uneffected by the Kryptonite. He then pushes the Kid’s ship into a cloud of Red Kryptonite. The Red Kryptonite caused the Kid to act benevolent and friendly. Superboy explains that Krypto was just a robot, and the events were planned. The Kid leaves Earth, but Superboy realizes that the effects of the Red Kryptonite are only temporary, and his enemy will one day return.