Superboy
#101
(December 1962)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1962-10-04
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical 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 #37 and copyright registration.
The Handsome Hound of Steel!
Superboy / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lana Lang; Superboy; Krypto (transformed by red kryptonite into a collie)
- Reprints
in 
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, everybody! Meet Johnny DC...
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Valhalla of Super-Companions!
Superboy / comic story / 12.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Othar; Liquidman; Stormboy; Tree-Man; Shadowman; Telepathy Man
- Synopsis
- Othar of Thrann brings Superboy and many heroes from other worlds to his planet because they don't have any heroes of their own.
- Reprints
-
in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #371 (August 1968) [with alterations, see note] which is reprinted -
in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #720 (6 de agosto de 1969) -
in Superman Supacomic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #121 ([Circa September] 1969) - in The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #8 ([December] 1998)
- in Showcase Presents: Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 2007 series) #4 ([November] 2010)
- in Legion of Super-Heroes: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2017 series) #3 ([August] 2020)
-
[no title indexed]
Peg / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stop throwing those snowballs!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #25 (February-March 1954)
-
[no title indexed]
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Adventure Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Coming... super-attractions!
- Genre
- superhero
[no title indexed]
American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Make money get prizes with fast selling 50¢ Xmas packs
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Jimmy Hegenwald, Bill Herbert, Allen Howlett, Jr., Barry Guyette, Anne & Bernie Graback, and Charles Lagomarcino.
[no title indexed]
Ollie / comic story / 0.67 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've got an important date today.
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm a basketball referee...
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your eyes may play tricks.... but not your taste!
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
[no title indexed]
Hy Wire / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That's enough practicing for today!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Blackhawk (DC, 1957 series) #115 (August 1957)
-
[no title indexed]
Showcase; Tommy Tomorrow / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi! I'm Johnny DC...
Superman Talks About... "Pennies for UNICEF!"
Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]; Joe; Tom
- Synopsis
- After Joe claims he's going to keep the pennies for himself, Superman takes Joe and Tom to Asia, South America and Africa to show them first-hand how much good the pennies they collect for UNICEF can do.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Handsome Hound of Steel!
Superboy -
1.
["Hi, everybody! Meet Johnny DC..."]
-
2.
The Valhalla of Super-Companions!
Superboy -
3.
Tootsie Roll Makes History!
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Stop throwing those snowballs!"]
Peg -
5.
["Coming... super-attractions!"]
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Adventure Comics -
6.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling 50¢ Xmas packs"]
American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals -
7.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
8.
["I've got an important date today."]
Ollie -
9.
["I'm a basketball referee..."]
Tootsie Roll -
10.
The Handsome Hound of Steel!
Superboy -
11.
["Your eyes may play tricks.... but not your taste!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
12.
["That's enough practicing for today!"]
Hy Wire -
13.
["Hi! I'm Johnny DC..."]
Showcase; Tommy Tomorrow -
14.
Convoy Terror
Convoy Terror -
15.
Superman Talks About... "Pennies for UNICEF!"
Superman -
16.
["Never before! So many great Schwinn features at such a low price!"]
Schwinn Bicycles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- John Monagle
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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