Superboy Spectacular
#1
[Traditionally-Distributed Variant]
(1980)
DC,
1980 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 68
- On-sale date
- 1979-12-04
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand
- DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); Elizabeth Mattheos (editor)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard modern age US
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Superboy Spectacular (DC, 1980 series) #1 [Giveaway Edition].
This was specially commissioned by a school system and distributed exclusively through comic shops as DC's first direct sales only experiment.
On-sale date from Comic Reader #175.
[no title indexed]
Superboy / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (signed)
- Inks
- Dick Giordano (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Krypto
- Reprints
-
in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #11/1982 (November 1982)
-
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The Story of Superboy
Superboy / text article / 2 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Curt Swan (illustrations)
- Inks
- Murphy Anderson (illustrations)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Joe-El; Lara
Indexer Notes
On the inside front and inside back cover.
The Origin of Superboy's Super-Costume!
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Sikela
- Inks
- John Sikela
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
-
from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #78 (January 1960)
-
The Dreams of Doom!
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- George Papp
- Inks
- George Papp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #83 (September 1960)
-
Map of Krypton
Superman / illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Sal Amendola
- Inks
- Sal Amendola
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Reprints
- from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #239 (June-July 1971) [modified]
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #21/1980 (15. Oktober 1980)
-
Life on Krypton!
Superboy / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- George Papp
- Inks
- George Papp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #79 (March 1960)
- in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #12/1982 (Dezember 1982)
-
The One-Man Team!
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Robert Bernstein
- Pencils
- George Papp
- Inks
- George Papp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #88 (April 1961)
-
Kryptonite in Four Colors!
Superboy / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- George Klein
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ben Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #11/1982 (November 1982)
-
The Three Secret Identities of Superboy
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Al Plastino
- Inks
- Al Plastino
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #67 (September 1958)
-
Superboy's Secret Hideaways
The Superboy Legend / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Bob Brown
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #153 (January 1969)
-
The Man Who Destroyed Krypton
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- George Papp
- Inks
- George Papp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #67 (September 1958)
-
The Puzzle of the Disappearing Pitcher!
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- Joe Giella
- Colors
- Gene D'Angelo
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]
- Reprints
- in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #30 (Mai 1985)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Superboy -
1.
The Story of Superboy
Superboy -
2.
The Origin of Superboy's Super-Costume!
Superboy -
3.
The Dreams of Doom!
Superboy -
4.
Map of Krypton
Superman -
5.
Life on Krypton!
Superboy -
6.
The One-Man Team!
Superboy -
7.
Kryptonite in Four Colors!
Superboy -
8.
The Three Secret Identities of Superboy
Superboy -
9.
Superboy's Secret Hideaways
The Superboy Legend -
10.
The Man Who Destroyed Krypton
Superboy -
11.
The Puzzle of the Disappearing Pitcher!
Superboy -
12.
Best Wishes, Superboy and Friends!
Superboy
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