(April 1954)

DC, 1949 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
44
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)
Format:
Color; Standard Golden, Silver, and Modern Age US; Saddle-Stitched (Squarebound #129, 138, 147, 156, 165, 185, 202. 205, 208); Newsprint; was ongoing series

His Majesty, King Superboy! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Sy Barry ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Lana Lang

Indexer Notes

Inks credit supplied by Bob Hughes.


The Silent Doom! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 9.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Ray Burnley ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy; Lana Lang; Jingles Bailey (intro)
Synopsis:
A criminal constructs a device which blocks out all sound in Smallville.

Indexer Notes

inker id by Bob Hughes


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
gag

When Superboy Couldn't Fly! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
William Woolfolk?
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
John Fischetti
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy; Blimp Beagle (intro, villain)
Synopsis:
When Superboy's powers go haywire, the Mayor bans him from flying in Smallville.

Indexer Notes

writer and inker id by Bob Hughes. Last story inked by John Fischetti?


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Peg / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
gag

Big Game at Our Own Back Door (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Miller [as Jack Mabley]
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

text page


Special Brotherhood Week Quiz (Table of Contents)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Ruben Moreira
Inks:
Ruben Moreira
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
Teen

[Bom Test][First Line: What a perfect spot for our new bomb test!] (Table of Contents)

Professor Eureka / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
gag

Indexer Notes

Title and first line from Arthur Lortie, added August 2006.


His Majesty King Superboy! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 9.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Sikela
Inks:
John Sikela
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy; Richard Bayne (intro, villain)
Synopsis:
An old document makes it appear Smallville is actually a Kingdom so the town appoints Superboy king until everything can be straightened out.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Silent Doom!
    Superboy
  2. 2. [no title indexed]
    Shorty
  3. 3. When Superboy Couldn't Fly!
    Superboy
  4. 4. [no title indexed]
    Peg
  5. 5. Big Game at Our Own Back Door
  6. 6. Special Brotherhood Week Quiz
    Buzzy
  7. 7. [Bom Test][First Line: What a perfect spot for our new bomb test!]
    Professor Eureka
  8. 8. His Majesty King Superboy!
    Superboy
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Tony R. Rose
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bill Wormstedt
  • Bob Hughes