Superboy #156
(June 1969)

DC, 1949 Series
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Price:
0.25 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
monthly, with the exception of February, August and Nov.
On-sale date:
1969-03-06
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; E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)
Color:
Color
Dimensions:
Standard Golden Age U.S.; Standard Silver Age U.S.; Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock:
Newsprint
Binding:
Saddle-Stitched; Squarebound (#129, 138, 147, 156, 165, 185, 202, 205, 208)
Publishing Format:
Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

Also designated on cover as Giant (DC, 1969 series) #G59 and as G-59 on indicia page.

On sale date confirmed from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 23, Part 2, Periodicals, January-December 1969. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B490997. Cover date reported as May-June 1969.

Super 20th Anniversary Issue (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Mike Esposito
Colors:
?
Letters:
Gaspar Saladino
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Krypto; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Pete Ross; Jor-El; Lara
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Giant Superboy 20th Anniversary (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Superboy's Farewell to Smallville (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:
Otto Binder
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
George Klein
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
superhero
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Part I of continued story. Inks credit from Bob Hughes.

The Two Worlds of Superboy (Table of Contents: 3)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:
Otto Binder
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
George Klein
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
superhero
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Part II of continued story. Inks credit from Bob Hughes.

The Super-Hungry Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 4)

Superboy / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script:
Robert Bernstein
Pencils:
George Papp
Inks:
George Papp
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Krypto
Reprints:

Part I: The New Boy of Steel! (Table of Contents: 5)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:
Robert Bernstein
Pencils:
George Papp
Inks:
George Papp
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Lex Luthor
Reprints:

Part II: The Enemy Superboy! (Table of Contents: 6)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script:
Robert Bernstein
Pencils:
Al Plastino
Inks:
Al Plastino
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Lex Luthor
Reprints:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Super-Turtle / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff
First Line of Dialogue or Text:
Help! Help! Fire!
Genre:
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters:
Super-Turtle
Reprints:
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Super 20th Anniversary Issue
    Superboy
  2. 1. Giant Superboy 20th Anniversary
  3. 2. Superboy's Farewell to Smallville
    Superboy
  4. 3. The Two Worlds of Superboy
    Superboy
  5. 4. The Super-Hungry Super-Heroes!
    Superboy
  6. 5. Part I: The New Boy of Steel!
    Superboy
  7. 6. Part II: The Enemy Superboy!
    Superboy
  8. 7. ["Help! Help! Fire!"]
    Super-Turtle
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