Superboy
#48
(April 1956)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1956-02-14
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Boy Without the Super-Suit!
Superboy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Clark Kent [Superboy]
- Reprints
Dad Kent's Delusions
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Pa Kent; Blackmarket Bolton
- Synopsis
- After an accident Pa forgets that Clark is Superboy and is convinced Superboy is impersonating his missing son.
- Reprints
-
in Superboy Adventure Book (Atlas Publishing, 1955 series) #1957-58 ([1957]) -
in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #327 (December 1964) [retitled] -
in Supercomic (Editorial Novaro, 1967 series) #13 (1º de agosto de 1968)
-
- Keywords
- kryptonite
[no title indexed]
Varsity Vic / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, Vic, do you have the correct time?
- Genre
- humor
Lana Lang's Super Powers!
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lana Lang; Alvin Lang (her brother)
- Synopsis
- Superboy must convince Lana that Martians have given her, Alvin, and Clark super powers.
- Reprints
-
in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #2 ([July 1956]) - in Superboy Adventure Book (Atlas Publishing, 1955 series) #1957-58 ([1957])
- in Supercomic (Editorial Novaro, 1967 series) #13 (1º de agosto de 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gulp- Am I sorry I came on this trip...
- Genre
- humor
The Boy without a Super-Suit
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Grandpa Kent (off stage)
- Synopsis
- When Superboy is out of town, the people set up an elaborate scheme that requires all kids, except Clark, to dress in Superboy costumes.
- Reprints
- in Superboy Adventure Book (Atlas Publishing, 1955 series) #1957-58 ([1957])
- in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #6 ([Circa 1956-1958])
- in Supercomic (Editorial Novaro, 1967 series) #13 (1º de agosto de 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Boy Without the Super-Suit!
Superboy -
1.
Draw Me!
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
Dad Kent's Delusions
Superboy -
3.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co. -
4.
["Say, Vic, do you have the correct time?"]
Varsity Vic -
5.
Lana Lang's Super Powers!
Superboy -
6.
The One and Only Superman
Superman -
7.
["Gulp- Am I sorry I came on this trip..."]
Shorty -
8.
How to Improve Your Roller Skating
-
9.
The Boy without a Super-Suit
Superboy -
10.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
11.
[no title indexed]
Stuart Greetings, Inc. -
12.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
13.
[no title indexed]
Aircraft Carrier
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- James Zee
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