Superboy
#81
(June 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
- 1960-04-07
- 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
Issue Notes
On-sale date from ad in Action Comics #264 and copyright registration.
The Weakling from Earth! Part I
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- George Papp
- Inks
- George Papp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Ral Quorz; Jinnia; Llela Llark; Zollo; Superboy
- Synopsis
- Superboy crashes on the planet Xenon where everybody has super powers but him.
Be Your Own Boss!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily
- Inks
- Bernard Baily
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- advocacy
[no title indexed]
Biff / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Art Peddy ?
- Inks
- Art Peddy ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Art Peddy ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Give Uncle Bob our love, Biff!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
from The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #11 (October-November 1951)
-
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Action Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
[Part II] The Revolt of the Weaklings!
Superboy / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- George Papp
- Inks
- George Papp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Varl Quorz; Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Superboy
- Synopsis
- Superboy is exiled from Xenon to the Weakling World.
Indexer Notes
Part 2 of "The Weakling from Earth!" but not labeled as such.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from Patrick Milburn, Michael Milburn, Peter Milburn, Gary Brody, John McGeehan, Alan Chaikin, Paul Finkle, Steve Collins, Mark Goldman, Russell Glidden.
The Millionaire Pupil!
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Al Plastino
- Inks
- Al Plastino
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lana Lang; Peter Perkins; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
- Reprints
- in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #344 (May 1966)
-
in Superboy (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1967 series) #6/1967 ([juni] 1967) -
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #94 (Circa June 1967) - in Superboy (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1971 ([januar ?] 1971) [2.translation]
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Weakling from Earth!
Superboy -
1.
Test Your Talent!
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
The Weakling from Earth! Part I
Superboy -
3.
Be Your Own Boss!
-
4.
["Give Uncle Bob our love, Biff!"]
Biff -
5.
Coming... Super-Attractions!
Action Comics; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Adventure Comics -
6.
[Part II] The Revolt of the Weaklings!
Superboy -
7.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
8.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
9.
The Millionaire Pupil!
Superboy -
10.
[no title indexed]
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis -
11.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
12.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
13.
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council
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