(March 1961)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1961-01-31
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 copyright registration.

Lana Lang and the Legion of Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy; Star Boy; Lana Lang; Zynthia
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inker credit by Bob Hughes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Lana Lang and the Legion of Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
George Papp
Inks
George Papp
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy; Lana Lang; Star Boy; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy] (in flashback)
Synopsis
Lana uses Star Boy in an attempt to make Superboy jealous.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Star Boy's powers similar (not identical) to Superboy's; story is partially rewritten from Adventure #195 (December 1953).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Mort Weisinger
Pencils
John Sikela
Inks
John Sikela
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Steven Reed, Joe Turner, Barbara Bevando, Meir Geller, Eddie Dodd, Arnold Cohen, John Farruggio, Ben Reid, Gertrude Lyons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Cora the Car Hop / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
While we're going over to visit Cora, I'll bake her a cake!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Cake baked in house trailer is lopsided.

Coming... Super-Attractions! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Superman; Action Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Rip Hunter... Time Master / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

One Hour to Doom! (Table of Contents: 7)

Aquaman and Aqualad / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Bernstein
Pencils
Ramona Fradon
Inks
Ramona Fradon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Topo; Jed Rowe (Smuggler); Ed (Smuggler)
Synopsis
Aquaman and Aqualad escape various one-hour-without-water traps.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Bob Hughes.

The Sea Beasts from One Billion B.C.! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Showcase; Aquaman and Aqualad / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Don't Sell Nature Short! (Table of Contents: 9)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
advocacy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Lana Lang and the Legion of Super-Heroes!
    Superboy
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Joe Weider
  3. 2. Lana Lang and the Legion of Super-Heroes!
    Superboy
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Smallville Mailsack
  5. 4. ["While we're going over to visit Cora, I'll bake her a cake!"]
    Cora the Car Hop
  6. 5. Coming... Super-Attractions!
    Superman; Action Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Rip Hunter... Time Master
  8. 7. One Hour to Doom!
    Aquaman and Aqualad
  9. 8. The Sea Beasts from One Billion B.C.!
    Showcase; Aquaman and Aqualad
  10. 9. Don't Sell Nature Short!
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Co.
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    American Seed Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore