(January 1962)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- 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: 30 November 1962 (added by Bob Bailey, 12 August 2005)
The Laughing Stock of Smallville
Superboy / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Al Plastino
- Inks:
- Al Plastino
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Luthor (origin); Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang
- Synopsis:
- Luthor pulls a series of stunts designed to make Superboy look ridiculous. Origin explains how Luthor lost his hair and began to hate Superboy.
- Reprints:
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #15 [Direct] (August 1981)
- in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #6/1983 (Juni 1983)
Indexer Notes
Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. Rehash of story in Superman 101.
The Secret of the Happy Pig
Peter Porkchops / public service announcement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Rube Grossman
- Inks:
- Rube Grossman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- funny animals
[Lion Tracks]
Professor Eureka / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
- Synopsis:
- Goes south when he learns lion is going north.
Smallville Mailsack
letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
E. Nelson Bridwell suggests a "bit of bizarro business" :- "On the Bizarro World, workers strike for less pay and longer hours"
Bizarro Creates a Monster
Tales of the Bizarro World / comic story / 11 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- John Forte
- Inks:
- John Forte
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero; humor
- Characters:
- Bizarro Jr; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Lana (intro); Bizarro Lucy (intro); Sapollo (intro); Bizarro-Kltpzyxm; Frankenstein movie monster
- Synopsis:
- Handsome Bizarro movie hero viewed as monster
- Reprints:
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #202 (December 1967-January 1968)
- in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #G42 (December-January 1968)
- in Superman: Tales of the Bizarro World (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] ([September] 2000)
Indexer Notes
Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05. Formerly George Klein.
[Ear Plugs]
Ollie / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
- Synopsis:
- Ear plugs make Ollie oblivious to danger
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Laughing Stock of Smallville
Superboy -
2.
The Secret of the Happy Pig
Peter Porkchops -
3.
[Lion Tracks]
Professor Eureka -
4.
Smallville Mailsack
-
5.
Bizarro Creates a Monster
Tales of the Bizarro World -
6.
[Ear Plugs]
Ollie
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Bob Bailey
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Walker
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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