(December 1980)

DC, 1980 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-09-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893118612
Editing
Joe Orlando (managing editor); Julius Schwartz (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #183.
This issue is a variant of The New Adventures of Superboy (DC, 1980 series) #12 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Inks
Dave Hunt (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
S-3477
First Line of Dialogue or Text
When I did a super-feat as Clark Kent, I made the biggest mistake of my life!
Genre
superhero
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The New Adventures of Superboy (DC, 1980 series) #12 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for The New Adventures of Superboy (1980 series) #12 [Direct]
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Clark Kent-- Reluctant Hero of Smallville! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy / comic story / 16.67 pages (report information)

Script
Cary Bates
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-3453
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Synopsis
Clark accidentally becomes a local hero.
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

Wonder Woman and the Baron! (Table of Contents: 2)

Hostess Cup Cakes; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman

Current Super-Attractions (Table of Contents: 3)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The Day of the Alien Scoop!!! (Table of Contents: 4)

Superboy's Secret Diary / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Romeo Tanghal
Inks
Kim DeMulder
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Albert DeGuzman
Job Number
S-3452
Genre
superhero
Characters
Perry White; Martha Kent; Jonthan Kent
Synopsis
8 year old Superboy gives Perry White the story of his origin.
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-3482
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["When I did a super-feat as Clark Kent, I made the biggest mistake of my life!"]
    Superboy
  2. 1. Clark Kent-- Reluctant Hero of Smallville!
    Superboy
  3. 2. Wonder Woman and the Baron!
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Wonder Woman
  4. 3. Current Super-Attractions
  5. 4. The Day of the Alien Scoop!!!
    Superboy's Secret Diary
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Smallville Mailsack
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