Superboy
#78
(January 1960)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
- On-sale date
- 1959-11-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Mort Weisinger
- 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
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #14 and copyright registration.
Claire Kent, Alias Super-Sister!
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- John Sikela
- Inks
- John Sikela
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Shar-La (introduction); Lana Lang; Superboy robots; Superboy
- Synopsis
- An alien from a planet ruled by women turns Superboy into a girl as punishment for his making sexist remarks.
- Reprints
-
in 80 Page Giant Magazine (DC, 1964 series) #1 (August 1964) -
in Superman Presents Superboy Comic (K. G. Murray, 1976 ? series) #109 ([Circa 1977-1979])
-
[no title indexed]
Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm lucky! There's a place to park!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #91 (April 1955)
-
The Origin of Superboy's Super-Costume!
Superboy; An Untold Tale of Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Sikela
- Inks
- John Sikela
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Superbaby
- Synopsis
- Though it had long been known that Superman's costume was made from Kryptonian blankets, this is the first story that showed exactly how this was done.
- Reprints
- in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #8 (Winter 1963-1964)
-
in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #2/1966 (Oktober 1966) - in Superboy Spectacular (DC, 1980 series) #1 (1980)
-
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm on a diet now, Vic!
- Genre
- humor
Coming Super-Attractions
Action Comics; Adventure Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
The Ghost of Jor-El!
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- George Papp
- Inks
- George Papp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Letterese
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mxyzptlk (first meeting with Superboy); Jor-El; Fuzastl (introduction, Mxyzptlk's father); Tlndsa (introduction, Mxyzptlk's mother)
- Synopsis
- Mxyztplk first discovers Superboy's world and comes there to play tricks on him.
- Reprints
- in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #8 (Winter 1963-1964) [retitled]
- in Superman (Egmont Ehapa, 1966 series) #11/1967 (3. Juni 1967) which is reprinted
- in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-45 (June-July 1976)
- in Superman Superband (Egmont Ehapa, 1973 series) #16 (1981)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Ghost of Jor-El!
Superboy -
1.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
2.
Claire Kent, Alias Super-Sister!
Superboy -
3.
["I'm lucky! There's a place to park!"]
Casey the Cop -
4.
[no title indexed]
Task Force -
5.
The Origin of Superboy's Super-Costume!
Superboy; An Untold Tale of Superboy -
6.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
7.
["I'm on a diet now, Vic!"]
Varsity Vic -
8.
Coming Super-Attractions
Action Comics; Adventure Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen -
9.
The Ghost of Jor-El!
Superboy -
10.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
11.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company -
12.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
13.
Bob's Christmas Gift!
Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tony R. Rose
- Nick Caputo
- Bob Hughes
- Dan Kocher
- Jerry Hillegas
- Jim Van Dore
- Allen Ross
- Matthew Head
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bill Wormstedt
- Bob Hughes
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