(September 1980)

DC, 1980 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-06-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893118609
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #180.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ross Andru (layouts?); Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
S-3394
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Try all you like to break through our Phantom Zone barrier, Superboy...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz' editorial records, provided by DC Comics. These records also list Ross Andru, but his contribution is unclear. The layouts credit is an educated guess based on the data available.

How to Stamp Out a Superboy (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Gene D'Angelo
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
S-3414
Genre
superhero
Characters
Pete Ross; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Phantom Zone inhabitants [Jax-Ur; General Zod; Faora Hu-Ul]
Synopsis
Phantom Zone villains try to trick Superboy into leaving Earth.
Reprints
Keywords
Phantom Zone

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Story continues from the previous issue.

A Matter of Good Taste (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Day of the Lost Clothing! (Table of Contents: 3)

Superboy's Secret Diary / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Romeo Tanghal
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda

Job Number
S-3406
Genre
superhero
Characters
Bash Bashford; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Synopsis
Origin of Superboy's cape pouch.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
S-3400
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Try all you like to break through our Phantom Zone barrier, Superboy..."]
    Superboy
  2. 1. How to Stamp Out a Superboy
    Superboy
  3. 2. A Matter of Good Taste
    Batgirl; Hostess Twinkies
  4. 3. The Day of the Lost Clothing!
    Superboy's Secret Diary
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Smallville Mailsack
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • John Censullo
  • Peter Croome
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Alan Smith
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore