(March 1961)

DC, 1938 Series
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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

Lana Lang and the Legion of Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy; Star Boy; Lana Lang; Zynthia

Indexer Notes

Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05


Lana Lang and the Legion of Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Otto Binder
Pencils:
George Papp
Inks:
George Papp
Colors:
?
Letters:
Joe Letterese

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy; Lana Lang; Star Boy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy] (in flashback)
Synopsis:
Lana uses Star Boy in an attempt to make Superboy jealous.
Reprinted:
  • in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #356 (May 1967)
  • Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #493 (November 1982)
  • Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Star Boy's powers similar (not identical) to Superboy's; story is partially rewritten from Adventure #195 (December 1953).


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mort Weisinger
Pencils:
John Sikela
Inks:
John Sikela
Colors:
?
Letters:
t

"While we're going over to visit Cora, I'll bake her a cake." (Table of Contents)

Cora, the Car Hop / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Synopsis:
Cake baked in house trailer is lopsided.

One Hour to Doom! (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Bernstein
Pencils:
Ramona Fradon
Inks:
Ramona Fradon
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Topo; Jed Rowe (Smuggler); Ed (Smuggler)
Synopsis:
Aquaman and Aqualad escape various one-hour-without-water traps.
Reprinted:
  • in The Aquaman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1
  • in Showcase Presents Aquaman (DC 2007 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Bob Hughes 8/05.


Don't Sell Nature Short (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Bernard Baily
Inks:
Bernard Baily
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Lana Lang and the Legion of Super-Heroes!
    Superboy
  2. 2. [no title indexed]
    Smallville Mailsack
  3. 3. "While we're going over to visit Cora, I'll bake her a cake."
    Cora, the Car Hop
  4. 4. One Hour to Doom!
    Aquaman
  5. 5. Don't Sell Nature Short
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Dwayne Best
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • 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
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Ed Boner