(August 1961)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- On-sale date:
- 1962-02-27
- 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
Arrival date: 1962-02-27
War of the Superboys
Superboy / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- George Papp
- Inks:
- George Papp
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Dev-Em (introduction); Jor-El; Lara (flashbacks); Krypto; Ron-Em; Leeta
- Synopsis:
- Bad boy Dev-Em escapes Krypton and arrives on Earth
- Reprints:
- in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 (May 1964) [pgs. 4-8 only] which is reprinted
- in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #177 (September 1971)
- in Superboy (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #2/1972 (March (?) 1972)
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #44 (January 1984)
- in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #3 (1993)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([April] 2007)
- in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #138 (June 1967)
- in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G35 (May-June 1967)
Indexer Notes
Concluded in next issue. Superboy origin retold. Yellow sun theory included. Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. Corrected 8/05. Previously given to Otto Binder.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Weisinger
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
["You hit in the woods again, Shorty!"]
Shorty / comic story / 0.67 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Synopsis:
- Adds garden tools to golf-bag because he's often in the rough
Jimmy Olsen's Kookie Scoops
Tales of the Bizarro World / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- John Forte
- Inks:
- John Forte
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero; humor
- Characters:
- Olsen-Bizarro (introduction); Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Perry White; Bizarro Krypto
- Synopsis:
- Jimmy accidentally gets transported to the Bizarro World and tries to work for the Bizarro newspaper
- Reprints:
- in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #13 (August 1965)
- in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] ([September] 2000)
Indexer Notes
Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05. Previously stated as George Klein.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
War of the Superboys
Superboy -
2.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
3.
["You hit in the woods again, Shorty!"]
Shorty -
4.
Jimmy Olsen's Kookie Scoops
Tales of the Bizarro World
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Katie
- 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
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