Superboy #153
(January 1969)

DC, 1949 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Feb., Aug. and Nov.
On-sale Date
1968-11-21
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Murray Boltinoff

Issue Notes

On sale date confirmed from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 23, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1969. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B467754.

The Challenge of the Cosmic Invaders! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
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Challenge of the Cosmic Invaders! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy / comic story / 19.67 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Robbins
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Wally Wood
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Holloway ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Stalin; Hirohito; Mussolini; Hitler; Quisling; Churchill; Professor Mesmer
Synopsis
Superboy battles an alien invasion by creating duplicates of the world's leaders.
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Indexer Notes

Story across 21 pages, but page 6 is a 2/3-page and pages 16 and 21 are 1/2-pages. First issue with credits.

Who Ever Heard of Jay Scott Pike!?! (Table of Contents: 2)

Wonderful World of Comics / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mark Hanerfeld
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

#7 in a series

The Superboy Legend: Superboy's Secret Hideaways (Table of Contents: 3)

Superboy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Wally Wood
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Reprints

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff; David Smith (idea)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

Job Number
6665
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why are you putting on that old necktie of your dad's?
Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Victor Vanese, Irene Vartanoff, I.J. Redder, Perry Beider, Jack Williams, John Bucci, and Phyllis Crump.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Challenge of the Cosmic Invaders!
    Superboy
  2. 1. Challenge of the Cosmic Invaders!
    Superboy
  3. 2. Who Ever Heard of Jay Scott Pike!?!
    Wonderful World of Comics
  4. 3. The Superboy Legend: Superboy's Secret Hideaways
    Superboy
  5. 4. ["Why are you putting on that old necktie of your dad's?"]
    Cap's Hobby Hints
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Smallville Mailsack
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mark Waid