Superboy
#79
(March 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
- 1960-01-05
- 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 #15 and copyright registration.
The Spoiled Superboy!
Superboy / comic story / 7 pages
- 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]) -
in Stålmannen jättealbum (Williams Förlags AB, 1969 series) #[1969] ([1969]) [minus 1 page] -
in Supermann Kjempe Album (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1968 series) #[1971] ([1971]) [minus 1 page]
-
[no title indexed]
Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello-- Oh, hello Mr. Burton...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Varsity Vic
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #69 (February-March 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
Peg / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You must be the boy who moved in next door
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Peg
- Reprints
- from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #76 (April-May 1953)
-
The Notorious Captain Sinbad Kent!
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- 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)
-
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jerry, you're always busy running around with girls!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jerry the Jitterbug
- Reprints
- from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #151 (December 1950)
-
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Adventure Comics; Action Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Typeset
Life on Krypton!
Superboy / comic story / 10 pages
- 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; Krypto
- Synopsis
- Using his Mind Prober Ray, Superboy recalls the events of a day of his life as young Kal-El on 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.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Life on Krypton!
Superboy -
1.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Body Building -
2.
The Spoiled Superboy!
Superboy -
3.
["Hello-- Oh, hello Mr. Burton..."]
Varsity Vic -
4.
[no title indexed]
-
5.
["You must be the boy who moved in next door"]
Peg -
6.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
7.
The Notorious Captain Sinbad Kent!
Superboy -
8.
["Jerry, you're always busy running around with girls!"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
9.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Adventure Comics; Action Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen -
10.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
11.
Life on Krypton!
Superboy -
12.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products Corp. -
13.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
14.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Company -
15.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co.
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ed Boner
- Jerry Hillegas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jim Van Dore
- Dwayne Best
- Gene Reed
- Matthew Head
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bill Wormstedt
- Bob Hughes
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