(February 1961)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Mort Weisinger
- Format:
- Color; mostly Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age US size, Digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503; mostly Saddle-Stitched, Squarebound #390, 416, 491-503
Issue Notes
avg circulation 438,000
Superboy's New Parents
Superboy / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Bernstein
- Pencils:
- Al Plastino
- Inks:
- Al Plastino
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Lana Lang; Chester Hurd; Agnes Hurd; Superboy robot
- Synopsis:
- Superboy gets rid of crooked foster parents
Indexer Notes
writer id by Martin O'Hearn.
["Tticksy will now give a performance on the Trampoline!"]
Tricksy / comic story / 0.75 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Synopsis:
- Jumps through stuffy circus tent roof for fresh air
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Weisinger
- Pencils:
- John Sikela
- Inks:
- John Sikela
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
The Lost Magic Ring
Congorilla / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Bernstein
- Pencils:
- Howard Sherman
- Inks:
- Howard Sherman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- jungle; superhero
- Characters:
- Janu
- Synopsis:
- Congorilla loses ring while possessing Congo Bill's mind
Indexer Notes
writer id by Bob Hughes 8/05
[Crystal Ball Predicts Bad Day]
Moolah the Mystic / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Synopsis:
- Dumps water out window on customer to make prediction true
Our American Heritage
public service announcement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Bernard Baily
- Inks:
- Bernard Baily
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
["The Crystal ball tells me today will be a bad day for you!"]
Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 0.75 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Liebowitz
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
average sales 438,000
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
Superboy's New Parents!
Superboy -
1.
Superboy's New Parents
Superboy -
2.
["Tticksy will now give a performance on the Trampoline!"]
Tricksy -
3.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
4.
The Lost Magic Ring
Congorilla -
5.
[Crystal Ball Predicts Bad Day]
Moolah the Mystic -
6.
Our American Heritage
-
7.
["The Crystal ball tells me today will be a bad day for you!"]
Moolah the Mystic -
8.
[no title indexed]
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tony R. Rose
- R. J. Roper
- Terry Jeffress
- Dan Kocher
- Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Cherry
- Gene Reed
- Lou Mougin
- Martin O'Hearn
- Michael Grabois
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Pat Lang
- Mark Waid
- Sidne Gail Ward
- Jon Ingersoll
- Dan Kocher
- Bob Hughes
- Ted Watson
- Mark Gordon
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Dwayne Best
- Lou Mazzella
- R. J. Roper
- Ed Boner
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