Superboy
#73
(June 1959)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1959-04-07
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #9 and copyright registration.
Some secondary sequences added by Ed Boner.
Some secondary sequences added by Ed Boner.
Superbaby in Scotland Yard
Superboy / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Clark Kent; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Superbaby
- Synopsis
- Superbaby gets lost and ends up in London.
- Reprints
-
in Superboy Annual (DC, 1964 series) #1 (Summer 1964) -
in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #2/1971 ([mars ?] 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Inks credit from Bob Hughes.
An Untold Tale of Superboy.
Fred Finds a Way!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Characters
- Fred; Jimmy; baseball coach
- Synopsis
- Fred finds that there are other ways to participate in his favorite activity of baseball, despite physical limitations or being rejected for the team.
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on, Pete, batter up!
- Genre
- humor; children
Coming Super-Attractions
Action Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Superboy's Glass House
Superboy / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Superboy; Mr. Electronics (introduction); Superboy robot
- Synopsis
- Superboy hides inside a glass jar to keep criminals from reading his mind.
Clyde Beatty & Cole Bros. Circus at Palisades Amusement Park
Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 1 page
The Dog-Catcher of Smallville!
Superboy / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Krypto; Superboy
- Synopsis
- Krypto and Superboy turn the tables on a crooked dog catcher.
- Reprints
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #15 (August 1981)
-
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There. How do you like it Mae?
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #164 (May 1951)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Superboy's Glass Prison!
Superboy -
1.
Draw Me
Art Instruction, Inc. courses -
2.
Superbaby in Scotland Yard
Superboy -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
Fred Finds a Way!
-
5.
["Come on, Pete, batter up!"]
Little Pete -
6.
Coming Super-Attractions
Action Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Adventure Comics -
7.
Superboy's Glass House
Superboy -
8.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
9.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
10.
Clyde Beatty & Cole Bros. Circus at Palisades Amusement Park
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
11.
The Dog-Catcher of Smallville!
Superboy -
12.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
13.
["There. How do you like it Mae?"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
14.
[no title indexed]
Exact Replica Army Grenade -
15.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
16.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve -
17.
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council Books
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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