(March-April 1949)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
- Color:
- Color
- Dimensions:
- Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.; Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock:
- Newsprint
- Binding:
- Saddle-Stitched; Squarebound (#129, 138, 147, 156, 165, 185, 202, 205, 208)
- Publishing Format:
- Was Ongoing Series
["Superman, what were you like when you were a boy?"]
Superboy / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; (no Superboy)
- Reprints:
-
in Superboy (Simcoe Publishing & Distribution, 1949 series) #1 ([circa Summer 1949]) -
in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 ([August] 1960) [minus Red Cross symbol, and price moved] - in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #100 (October 1962) which is reprinted
- in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #157 (June 1969) [in this form]
- in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #7 (Summer 1963)
- in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #157 (June 1969)
- in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #243 (October 1971)
- in Giant Superman Annual #1 Replica Edition (DC, 1998 series) #[nn] (1998) [minus Red Cross symbol, and price moved]
- in Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (February 2001) [minus the price and with the issue number moved]
-
The Man Who Could See Tomorrow!
Superboy / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Cameron ?
- Pencils:
- John Sikela
- Inks:
- Ed Dobrotka ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Lois Lane; Superboy (flashback); Brandar the Great; Margo Griffiths
- Synopsis:
- Brandar the Great predicts the future. At a party attended by young Clark Kent he predicted that Margo Griffiths, now a young nurse in Metropolis, would cease to exist on her 21st birthday.
- Reprints:
- in Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (February 2001)
-
Indexer Notes
really a Superman story, with the Superboy segment as a flashback.
Rocket Plane
Superboy's Workshop / activity / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Al Wenzel
- Inks:
- Al Wenzel
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Reprints:
-
in Adventure Comics Featuring Superboy (K. G. Murray, 1949 ? series) #5 ([June 1949]) - in Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (February 2001)
-
[no title indexed]
Shorty / filler / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Reprints:
- in Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (February 2001)
-
The Boy Vandals!
Superboy / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Ed Hamilton
- Pencils:
- Al Wenzel
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superboy; The Smash and Grab Gang
- Synopsis:
- Superboy teaches some young vandals a lesson.
- Reprints:
- in Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (February 2001)
-
Indexer Notes
takes place in Metropolis. art id by Bob Hughes 10/07- Art id in the Superboy Millennium edition is incorrect.
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Lit-win
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Reprints:
- in Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (February 2001)
-
The Language of the Sea
text article / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Cliff Rhodes
- Pencils:
- Raymond Perry
- Inks:
- Raymond Perry
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Reprints:
- in Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (February 2001)
-
Indexer Notes
text page
[no title indexed]
Sagebrush Sam / filler / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Reprints:
- in Adventure Comics Featuring Superboy (K. G. Murray, 1949 ? series) #5 ([June 1949])
- in Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (February 2001)
-
[no title indexed]
Shorty / filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Reprints:
- in Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (February 2001)
-
Superboy Meets Mighty Boy!
Superboy / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- William Woolfolk ?
- Pencils:
- Al Wenzel
- Inks:
- Al Wenzel
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Mighty Boy (intro); Superboy; Jay V. Atkins
- Synopsis:
- A young boy is duped by an unscrupulous promoter into thinking he's stronger than Superboy.
- Reprints:
- in Adventure Comics Featuring Superboy (K. G. Murray, 1949 ? series) #5 ([June 1949])
- in Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (February 2001)
-
Indexer Notes
takes place in Metropolis. Art id by Bob Hughes 10/07- art id in The Millennium reprint is incorrect.
[no title indexed]
Homer / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Reprints:
- in Captain Triumph Comics (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #17 ([1949])
- in Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] (February 2001)
-
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Superman, what were you like when you were a boy?"]
Superboy -
1.
The Man Who Could See Tomorrow!
Superboy -
2.
Rocket Plane
Superboy's Workshop -
3.
[no title indexed]
Shorty -
4.
The Boy Vandals!
Superboy -
5.
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle -
6.
The Language of the Sea
-
7.
[no title indexed]
Sagebrush Sam -
8.
[no title indexed]
Shorty -
9.
Superboy Meets Mighty Boy!
Superboy -
10.
[no title indexed]
Homer
This issue was most recently modified by:
- R. J. Roper
- Tony R. Rose
- Gene Reed
- Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bill Wormstedt
- Bob Hughes
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