The Best of DC
#15
[Newsstand]
(August 1981)
DC,
1979 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.95 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-05-07
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC Blue Ribbon Digest
- Barcode
- 0709893173008
- Editing
- Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)
Issue Notes
Copyright © 1981 DC Comics Inc.
On-sale date from Comic Reader #191.
This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #15 [Direct].
On-sale date from Comic Reader #191.
This issue is a variant of The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #15 [Direct].
Smallville Celebrates Superboy Day!
Superboy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Lana Lang; Chief Douglas Parker; Lex Luthor; Pete Ross
- Reprints
-
in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #24 (November 1984)
-
- Keywords
- Smallville
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The Laughing Stock of Smallville!
Superboy / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Luthor; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang
- Synopsis
- Luthor pulls a series of stunts designed to make Superboy look ridiculous.
- Reprints
-
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
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lana Lang; Ma Kent
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #64 (April 1958)
-
The Saddest Boy in Smallville!
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #88 (April 1961)
-
Superboy's Secret Hideaways
The Superboy Legend / comic story / 2 pages
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #153 (January 1969)
-
The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #86 (January 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit per Martin O'Hearn.
Pete Ross' Super-Secret!
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #90 (July 1961)
-
Indexer Notes
Binder script credit provided by Allen Ross from an autographed copy of this issue. However, O'Hearn and Hughes agree the script is by Bernstein.
Pete Ross learns Clark Kent is Superboy.
The Old Maid of Smallville!
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Miss Finch; Lana Lang; Ma Kent
- Synopsis
- Superboy helps an old maid school teacher break out of her shell.
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #83 (September 1960)
-
The Day Clark Kent Got a Haircut!
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Joe Timmons; Pa Kent; Superboy robots
- Synopsis
- Smallville's barber wonders why he's never given Clark Kent a haircut.
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #76 (October 1959)
-
The Dog Catcher of Smallville!
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Krypto
- Synopsis
- Krypto and Superboy turn the tables on a crooked dog catcher.
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #73 (June 1959)
-
The Ordeal of Chief Parker!
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Krypto
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #116 (October 1964)
-
The Rock 'n' Roll Riddle of Smallville!
Superboy / comic story / 14 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #195 (June 1973)
-
Other Citizens of Smallville
Superboy / text article / 1 page
- Job Number
- S-5042
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Superboy Presents the People of Smallville!
Superboy / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- 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.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Smallville Celebrates Superboy Day!
Superboy -
1.
Best of DC -- Superboy
-
2.
The Laughing Stock of Smallville!
Superboy -
3.
Lana Lang's Super-Birthday
Superboy -
4.
The Saddest Boy in Smallville!
Superboy -
5.
Superboy's Secret Hideaways
The Superboy Legend -
6.
The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!
Superboy -
7.
Pete Ross' Super-Secret!
Superboy -
8.
The Old Maid of Smallville!
Superboy -
9.
The Day Clark Kent Got a Haircut!
Superboy -
10.
The Dog Catcher of Smallville!
Superboy -
11.
The Ordeal of Chief Parker!
Superboy -
12.
The Rock 'n' Roll Riddle of Smallville!
Superboy -
13.
Other Citizens of Smallville
Superboy -
14.
Superboy Presents the People of Smallville!
Superboy
This issue was modified by
- Mark Boyer
- Peter Croome
- Jim Van Dore
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