(July 1963)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Mort Weisinger
- Format:
- Color; Standard Golden, Silver, and Modern Age US; Saddle-Stitched (Squarebound #129, 138, 147, 156, 165, 185, 202. 205, 208); Newsprint; was ongoing series
The Great Superboy Hoax!
Superboy / comic story / 8.66 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils:
- George Papp
- Inks:
- George Papp
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
The Ordeal of Pete Ross! [The Great Superboy Hoax! Part 2]
Superboy / comic story / 8.66 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Edmond Hamilton
- Pencils:
- George Papp
- Inks:
- George Papp
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
The Lair of Brainiac!
Superboy; An Untold Story of Superbaby / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- George Klein
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superbaby [Clark Kent]; Superboy [Clark Kent]; Brainiac; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Krypto (Cameo); Tagor; Renlo; Koko (Brainiac's pet); Jor-El (Cameo); Lara (Cameo)
- Synopsis:
- Brainiac kidnaps baby Kal-El intending to blackmail Jor-El into turning over one of his inventions, but under a yellow sun baby Kal-El gains super-powers and proves more than Brainiac can handle.
- Reprints:
- in The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #167 (October-November 1974)
- in Superman Presents Superboy Comic (K. G. Murray, 1976 ? series) #98 (Circa 1975-1976) [as slightly modified for The Superman Family #167]
- in Superman in the Sixties (DC, 1999 series) #[nn] ([September] 1999)
Indexer Notes
Mind Prober Ray story. Brainiac mentions that his home planet is Bryak, and that its population was wiped out by a plague. An editor's note says that Brainiac has a 200-year lifespan.
[no title indexed]
Peg / filler / 0.67 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Great Superboy Hoax!
Superboy -
2.
The Ordeal of Pete Ross! [The Great Superboy Hoax! Part 2]
Superboy -
3.
The Lair of Brainiac!
Superboy; An Untold Story of Superbaby -
4.
[no title indexed]
Peg
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bill Wormstedt
- Bob Hughes
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