Superboy
#80
(April 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
- 1960-02-18
- 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 (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #16 and copyright registration.
Superboy Meets Supergirl!
Superboy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007 [January 2008])
-
The Thief of Steel!
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Superboy [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Zog; Jix
- Synopsis
- Two aliens threaten to reveal Superboy's identity unless he overthrows the government of Zooria for them.
[no title indexed]
Janie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, golly! Yeah -- Gee Whiz! He's yummy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Janie; Janie's mom
- Synopsis
- Janie's mom thinks she uses too much slang in her vocabulary.
- Reprints
- from A Date with Judy (DC, 1947 series) #20 (December 1950-January 1951)
-
Aloha... Hawaii!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
- Characters
- Senator Hiram L. Fong; Senator Oren E. Long; Representative Daniel K. Inouye
- Synopsis
- A celebration of Brotherhood Week and Hawaii as our 50th state.
The Shyest Boy in Town!
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Martha Kent; Doctor Wiles; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Krypto; Mr. Standish
- Synopsis
- The school psychologist decides Clark needs to break out of his shell by making him wear Superboy's costume all the time.
- Reprints
- in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #142 (October 1967)
-
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #101 (Circa January 1968) -
in Superboy (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #11/1968 ([november] 1968)
-
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Mort Weisinger
- Pencils
- John Sikela ? (logo illustration)
- Inks
- John Sikela ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Superboy
Indexer Notes
Letters from Paul Sullivan, Danny Carter, Kathleen Casey, Carol Daughtry, Philip Lourie, Harold Edwards, Blake Walsh, Carl Davidson and Marge Marion.
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sorry, Jerry, I'm busy this afternoon!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jerry the Jitterbug
- Synopsis
- All his friends are busy so Jerry does his chores.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #7 (February-March 1951)
-
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Superboy Meets Supergirl!
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martha Kent; Superboy [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Zor-El (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Supergirl goes back into the past to meet Superboy, so he can have a super playmate.
- Reprints
-
in Superboy Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1953 series) #1966-67 ([1966]) - in Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #334 (March 1966)
- in Super DC (Thorpe & Porter, 1969 series) #13 (1969)
- in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #9/1970 ([september] 1970)
- in The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #7 (September-October 1980)
- in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1 (2007 [January 2008])
- in Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told (DC, 2010 series) ([March] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- Argo City
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. We originally suggested Otto Binder, as credited in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1. Inks credit from Pat Lang and Bob Hughes. We originally both credited Forte and suggested also George Klein. Inks credited to Klein in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1.
Supergirl's mother Alura is shown but not named in story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Superboy Meets Supergirl!
Superboy -
1.
Draw Lincoln
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
The Thief of Steel!
Superboy -
3.
["Oh, golly! Yeah -- Gee Whiz! He's yummy!"]
Janie -
4.
[no title indexed]
Pyro Plastics Corporation -
5.
Aloha... Hawaii!
-
6.
The Shyest Boy in Town!
Superboy -
7.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
8.
["Sorry, Jerry, I'm busy this afternoon!"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
9.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman -
10.
Superboy Meets Supergirl!
Superboy -
11.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
12.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
13.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
14.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Valmiki Annamanthadoo
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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