Superboy
#104
(April 1963)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1963-02-14
- 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 Action Comics #298 and copyright registration.
The Untold Story of the Phantom Zone! Part I: The Crimes of Krypton's Master Villains!
Superboy / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jor-El (flashback); Lara (flashback); Superboy [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Ha-Kor (introduction, in flashback); Gra-Mo (introduction, in flashback); Gro-Mo's two unnamed assistants (introduction, in flashback); Phantom Zone inhabitants [Jax-Ur; Dr. Xadu; Professor Vakox; six unnamed prisoners] (all in flashback)
- Synopsis
- Jor-El invents the Phantom Zone Projector as a more humane way to punish criminals than sending them into space and successfully submits it into a Science Council competition. The disgruntled loser of the competition, Gra-Mo, takes over Krypton's robots to take his revenge, and ironically becomes the last criminal to be punished in the old way. Months later, after many convicts have been sent into the Phantom Zone, the prisoners try to take over Jor-El's mind with mental telepathy, so he blasts the Zone Projector into space with other forbidden weapons.
- Reprints
-
in Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone (DC, 2009 series) ([August] 2009)
-
- Keywords
- Phantom Zone
[no title indexed]
Varsity Vic / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Vic. What happened to you?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Varsity Vic
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters from Donald Stasink, Carl Bostitch, Gregory Gutes, Dave MacKnight, Edward W. Wishner, Eileen O'Donnell, Don Connor, and Ezra Berne.
[The Untold Story of the Phantom Zone!] Part II: The Kid Who Knocked Out Superboy!
Superboy / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Superboy [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Chief Parker; Superboy robots; Gra-Mo; Gro-Mo's two unnamed assistants; Phantom Zone inhabitants [Jax-Ur; three unnamed prisoners]
- Synopsis
- Gra-Mo and his accomplices land on Earth and, with the help of Jax-Ur in the Phantom Zone, plot to destroy the son of Jor-El. Using a robot, they try to convince Superboy that he has broken his vow against taking a life, but Superboy sees through their ruse and banishes them to the Phantom Zone.
- Reprints
- in Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone (DC, 2009 series) ([August] 2009)
-
- Keywords
- kryptonite; Phantom Zone
[no title indexed]
Betty / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty, Is that young man still here?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series) #11 (October-November 1951)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Kid Who Kayoed Superboy!
Superboy -
1.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products -
2.
The Untold Story of the Phantom Zone! Part I: The Crimes of Krypton's Master Villains!
Superboy -
3.
Missile Attack!
Missile Attack -
4.
["Oh, Vic. What happened to you?"]
Varsity Vic -
5.
["Giant collection... free! British Empire stamps"]
Garcelon Stamps -
6.
[no title indexed]
Smallville Mailsack -
7.
[The Untold Story of the Phantom Zone!] Part II: The Kid Who Knocked Out Superboy!
Superboy -
8.
["Betty, Is that young man still here?"]
Betty -
9.
["Coming... super-attractions!"]
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman -
10.
104 Kings' Knights
104 Kings' Knights -
11.
["Kids!! Blast off your own space capsule..."]
Tootsie Roll -
12.
["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."]
American Body Building Club -
13.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
American Seeds
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Chris Boyko
- John Censullo
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Allen Ross
- Per Sandell
- Adam Spector
- Jim Van Dore
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