Superboy #102

(January 1963)

104 Kings' Knights (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Amazing Tots of Smallville! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Al Plastino

Inks

Al Plastino

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Clark Kent; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Lex Luthor; Superbaby; Pete Ross; Scarface Louie; Zeke; Hiram; thugs

Synopsis

Pa Kent and Professor Lang are leading a campaign to drive Al Capone's bootlegging operation away from Smallville. When Scarface Louie orders their deaths, Superbaby keeps inadvertently thwarting the thugs, who chalk it all up to bad luck. Finally the crooks are arrested and the distillery captured. Pa Kent manages to keep suspicion away from Superbaby, although tiny Lana has her doubts.

Reprints

• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #182 (February 1972)
which is reprinted
• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #156 (Circa August 1972)
• in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #4/1973 ([juli ?] 1973)

Keywords

4th of July; bootleggers; Bootlegging; organized crime; Prohibition

Indexer Notes

"An Untold Tale of Superboy When He Was a Superbaby"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Touchdown for Picasso! (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff

Inks

Sheldon Moldoff

Colors

?

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy

Characters

Stan; friend of Stan's; Biff Drake

Synopsis

Stan learns that even tough football players can appreciate the fine arts as well.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Lem 'n' Lime / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look at you, Lem!

Genre

humor

Characters

Lem; Lime

Synopsis

Lem has one black shoe and one brown shoe, but changing does no good. His only other pair is just the same.

Reprints

• from Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #116 (September 1957)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Superboy [Clark Kent]; Krypto

Indexer Notes

Letters from Vincent Luvera, Merrill Crawford, Sanford B. Bendix, Mae Campbell, Clem Fogarty, Barbara L. Lehman, and Ed Kenny, with responses from the editor. One response lists the complete contemporary membership of the Legion of Super-Heroes. This page has a header illustration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Ollie / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Brr -- It's some cold day!

Genre

humor

Characters

Ollie; Danny

Synopsis

Ollie's worried that Danny is sick, since he's sitting in front of a fan on a cold day. But Danny's just using it to cool his soup.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Strange Sports Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

The Secret of Krypton's Scarlet Jungle! (Table of Contents: 10)

Superboy / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Jor-El (cameo); Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Kryptonian Thought-Beast; Police Chief Parker; Rockpecker Bird; Superboy Robots; Phantom Zone inhabitants [Jax-Ur; two unnamed prisoners]

Synopsis

A Kryptonian Thought-Beast lands on Earth. Superboy must find a way to stop his rampage and get him to leave Earth.

Reprints

• in Four Star Spectacular (DC, 1976 series) #2 (May-June 1976)
• in Superman Presents Superboy Comic (K. G. Murray, 1976 ? series) #103 ([Circa 1976-1977])

Keywords

Green kryptonite; Krypton; monster; Phantom Zone; robot; Scarlet Jungle

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Action Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text

An invitation to a costume ball!

Genre

humor

Characters

Moolah the Mystic; costume store clerk

Synopsis

Moolah's invited to a costume party, so he wants to get a business suit.

Reprints

• from The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #35 (October-November 1955)

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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Convoy Terror (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Convoy Terror / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Task Force (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Task Force / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

150 Civil War Soldiers! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)