Superboy
#61
(December 1957)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1957-09-29
- 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 Trick Is to Treat All the World's Children!
Binky / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
The Shrinking of Superboy
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Lewis Lang
- Reprints
-
in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #317 (February 1964) -
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #63 ([November 1964] ?) -
in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #10/1969 ([oktober] 1969)
-
The One and Only Superman
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #91, Superman (DC, 1939 series) #117, Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #25, and Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #235.
[no title indexed]
Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The sloth walks and sleeps upside down...
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll go ask my mom!
- Genre
- humor; children
The Well of Doom
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang
- Synopsis
- Clark Kent falls in a well and is trapped by Kryptonite, while all Smallville tries to figure out why Superboy isn't coming to his rescue.
[no title indexed]
Gilbert Science Toys / advertisement / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
On the two pages between page 4 and page 5 of the previous story sequence.
The School for Superboys
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Bob Hughes; the original indexer credited Otto Binder.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The School for Superboys!
Superboy -
1.
The Trick Is to Treat All the World's Children!
Binky -
2.
The Shrinking of Superboy
Superboy -
3.
The One and Only Superman
Superman -
4.
["The sloth walks and sleeps upside down..."]
Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop -
5.
["I'll go ask my mom!"]
Little Pete -
6.
The Well of Doom
Superboy -
7.
[no title indexed]
Gilbert Science Toys -
8.
The First World Heavyweight Championship Fight
-
9.
The School for Superboys
Superboy -
10.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers -
11.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamps -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
13.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Douglas Sederberg
- Jim Van Dore
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