We begin with Superboy in "The Super-Clark of Smallville" by Leo Dorfman, Bob Brown, and Dick Giordano. Clark Kent pretends that he has gained powers from ambrosia dust, the "food of the gods", which Professor Lang has discovered when Lana catches him lifting a heavy bookcase off her father with one hand. At first, Clark finds it amusing to use his powers openly as Clark Kent, but the novelty soon wears off. Lex Luthor comes to Smallville and saps Superboy's powers with a device. Superboy concocts some real ambrosia, eats it, and gains the powers of the gods, enabling him to defeat Luthor. When the ambrosia wears off, Superboy's normal powers return.
The back-up Legion of Super-Heroes story is "Trust Me or Kill Me" by Cary Bates and George Tuska. Mordru makes a duplicate of Cosmic Boy and Superboy must determine which of the two is the real Cosmic Boy. This story was reprinted in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 10 HC (2000) and Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 TPB (2010).
Edited by Murray Boltinoff.
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