Superboy #79

(March 1960)

The Spoiled Superboy! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

Robert Bernstein ?

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Chief Edwards; Swanson; Superboy

Synopsis:

After Smallville refuses to make Superboy a special deputy he goes on a rampage of poor sportsmanship.

Reprints:

• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #333 (June 1965)
• in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #80 ([April 1966])

["Oh, hello Mr. Burton!"] (Table of Contents: 2)

Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.667 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Varsity Vic

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #69 (February-March 1952)

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.333 page (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

["You must be the boy who moved in next door"] (Table of Contents: 4)

Peg / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Peg

Reprints:

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #76 (April-May 1953)

The Notorious Captain Sinbad Kent! (Table of Contents: 5)

Superboy / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

Robert Bernstein

Pencils:

John Sikela

Inks:

John Sikela

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Sinbad Kent; Superboy

Synopsis:

Superboy makes a time trip to prove the Kents aren't descended from pirates.

Reprints:

• in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #146 (April 1968)
• in Superboy (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #3/1969 ([mars] 1969)

["Jerry, you're always busy running around with girls."] (Table of Contents: 6)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.667 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Jerry the Jitterbug

Reprints:

• from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #151 (December 1950)

Coming Super-Attractions (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.333 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Life on Krypton! (Table of Contents: 9)

Superboy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

George Papp

Inks:

George Papp

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superboy [also as Kal-El]; Jor-El; Lara; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Krypton

Synopsis:

Using his Mind Prober Ray, Superboy recalls the events of a day of his life as young Kal-El on Krypton. His father Jor-El had put Krypto into a test rocket and sent him into space, but was unable to bring him back. Baby Kal-El got so upset that Lara took the child and left Jor-El. Together Lara and Kal-El visited the Hall of Worlds where young Kal got to fly around a mock-up of the town of Smallville which included the Kent General Store and figures of Jonathan and Martha Kent. Later, Lara and Kal ended up at a public celebration of Krypton's Six Billionth Birthday, where speakers explained that Krypton would live forever, despite what fools like Jor-El might say. Knowing Jor-El wasn't a fool, Lara decided to return to him, but not before Kal got to the launching panel of a birthday celebration rocket and set it off early, making it bump into Krypto's rocket and sending it back to Krypton.

Reprints:

• in Superboy Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1953 series) #1963-64 ([1963]) [Printed in Black, Red & Blue only.]
• in Superboy Spectacular (DC, 1980 series) #1 (1980)
which is reprinted
• in Superboy (Egmont Ehapa, 1980 series) #12/1982 (Dezember 1982)

Indexer Notes

First appearance Superboy's Mind Prober Ray. First in a series of occasional stories about Superboy's early Life on Krypton.