The Best of DC #15 [Direct]

(August 1981)

Best of DC -- Superboy (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

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Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Table of contents.

The Laughing Stock of Smallville! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Luthor; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang

Synopsis:

Luthor pulls a series of stunts designed to make Superboy look ridiculous.

Reprinted:

• from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #292 (January 1962)

Indexer Notes

Origin explains how Luthor lost his hair and began to hate Superboy.

Lana Lang's Super-Birthday (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alvin Schwartz

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lana Lang; Ma Kent

Reprinted:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #64 (April 1958)

The Saddest Boy in Smallville! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Script:

Leo Dorfman

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprinted:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #88 (April 1961)

Superboy's Secret Hideaways (Table of Contents)

The Superboy Legend / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Wally Wood

Colors:

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Content Information

Reprinted:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #153 (January 1969)

The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprinted:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #86 (January 1961)

Pete Ross' Super-Secret! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprinted:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #90 (July 1961)

Indexer Notes

Pete Ross learns Clark Kent is Superboy.
Script credit provided by Allen Ross (January 3, 2006) from an autographed copy of Superboy (1949 series) #90. Previously, script credited to Robert Bernstein.

The Old Maid of Smallville! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Miss Finch; Lana Lang; Ma Kent

Synopsis:

Superboy helps an old maid school teacher break out of her shell.

Reprinted:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #83 (September 1960)

The Day Clark Kent Got a Haircut! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

John Sikela

Inks:

John Sikela

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Joe Timmons; Pa Kent; Superboy robots

Synopsis:

Smallville's barber wonders why he's never given Clark Kent a haircut.

Reprinted:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #76 (October 1959)

The Dog Catcher of Smallville! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Krypto

Synopsis:

Krypto and Superboy turn the tables on a crooked dog catcher.

Reprinted:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #73 (June 1959)

The Ordeal of Chief Parker! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Krypto

Reprinted:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #116 (October 1964)

The Rock 'n' Roll Riddle of Smallville! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Cary Bates

Pencils:

Bob Brown

Inks:

Murphy Anderson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Reprinted:

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #195 (June 1973)

Other Citizens of Smallville (Table of Contents)

Superboy / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

E. Nelson Bridwell

Pencils:

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Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Superboy Presents the People of Smallville! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy; Lex Luthor; Don Blake; Joe Timmons; Burt Bentley; Edith Finch; James Hunter; Pete Ross; Douglas Parker; Lana Lang

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Headshots of Smallville residents featured in the interior stories.