(April 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
Letters page states that "Smallville is a suburb in an Eastern state of the United States." (Not Kansas.)
The Phantom Superboy
Superboy / comic story / 13.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Bernstein
- Pencils:
- George Papp
- Inks:
- George Papp
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superboy; Krypto; Lana Lang; Phantom Zone (intro); Clark Kent robot; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Dr. Xadu (intro); General Zod (intro)
- Synopsis:
- After Professor Lang finds a box of Kryptonian weapons, Superboy is accidentally projected into the Phantom Zone, the place where Kryptonian criminals were exiled. But using mental telepathy he activates an electric typewriter and tells Pa Kent how to free him.
- Reprints:
- in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #165 (June 1970)
- in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G71 (May-June 1970)
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #18/1970 (5.September 1970)
- in Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([June] 2009)
Indexer Notes
Based in part on the second Superman movie serial from 1950.
["This spot looks fine"]
Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Synopsis:
- Has good luck "prospecting" and finds site for hot dog stand
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Weisinger
- Pencils:
- John Sikela
- Inks:
- John Sikela
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
A Salute to Our American Indians
public service announcement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Bernard Baily
- Inks:
- Bernard Baily
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
The Lion with the Double Identity
Congorilla / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Bernstein
- Pencils:
- Howard Sherman
- Inks:
- Howard Sherman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero; jungle
- Characters:
- Janu; The Golden Lion (intro); Tim Tully (intro)
- Synopsis:
- Congorilla-like lion
["I'm going over to the schoolyard!"]
Little Pete / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Synopsis:
- Parents hide birthday present in Pete's messy closet
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Phantom Superboy
Superboy -
2.
["This spot looks fine"]
Shorty -
3.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
4.
A Salute to Our American Indians
-
5.
The Lion with the Double Identity
Congorilla -
6.
["I'm going over to the schoolyard!"]
Little Pete
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Tony R. Rose
- Terry Jeffress
- 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
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