(October 1962)

DC, 1938 Series
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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

Lex Luthor and Clark Kent, Cell-Mates! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy; Lex Luthor

Nature's Prize Pupil! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Bob Brown
Inks:
Bob Brown
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Synopsis:
"...Nature's ways are amazing--and man is the most amazing because, by reading, observing and understanding the world about him, he constantly enriches himself!"

Indexer Notes

inside front cover


Lex Luthor and Clark Kent: Cell-Mates! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
George Klein
Colors:
?
Letters:
Joe Letterese

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Luthor; Jonathan Kent; Krypto
Synopsis:
Lex Luthor frames Clark Kent after Clark's father, as a member of the parole board, refuses to parole Luthor. Clark ends up having to share a cell with Luthor.
Reprinted:
  • in Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #166 (August-September 1974)

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Martin O'Hearn.


untitled (Table of Contents)

Homer / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Characters:
Homer
Synopsis:
Homer receives bills in the mail plus one from the mailman when his dog rips the mailman's trousers.

The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
John Forte
Inks:
John Forte
Colors:
?
Letters:
Milton Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Legion of Super-Heroes [Bouncing Boy; Sun Boy; Cosmic Boy; Shrinking Violet; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Saturn Girl; Triplicate Girl; Colossal Boy; Phantom Girl; Ultra Boy]
Synopsis:
Bouncing Boy tells a group of applicants how he got his powers and gained acceptance into the Legion.
Reprinted:
  • in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #180
  • in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #498
  • in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives, The (DC, 1991 series) #1

Indexer Notes

Legion next appears in Superman 157.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Nature's Prize Pupil!
  2. 2. Lex Luthor and Clark Kent: Cell-Mates!
    Superboy
  3. 3. untitled
    Homer
  4. 4. The Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy
    Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
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