Superboy #161
(December 1969)

DC, 1949 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Price
0.15 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Feb., Aug. and Nov.
On-sale Date
1969-10-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Murray Boltinoff

Issue Notes

On sale date 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 B537993.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
B-391
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Please don't leave your mother...your father...your town!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Reprints

The Strange Death of Superboy! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy / comic story / 21.83 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Robbins
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Wally Wood
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Bash Bashford; Lana Lang
Synopsis
Superboy removes his super powers so he can be 'normal'.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story across 23 pages, but pages 8 and 23 are 2/3-pages and page 16 is a 1/2-page.

More of Superboy's Secret Hideaways (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy Legend / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Bob Brown
Inks
Wally Wood
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Jor-El (statue); Lara (statue); Krypto; Legion of Super-Heroes (statues)
Reprints
Keywords
Superboy robots.

Indexer Notes

Superboy's attic.

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

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

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Pencils
George Papp ? (logo illustration)
Inks
George Papp ? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-408
Characters
Superboy; Krypto

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from: Mark Evanier, Tim Scholl, Brian Huestis, Chris Skillington, Ivan Hampton, Brenda Hampton, Steven Stacy.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Please don't leave your mother...your father...your town!"]
    Superboy
  2. 1. The Strange Death of Superboy!
    Superboy
  3. 2. More of Superboy's Secret Hideaways
    Superboy Legend
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Smallville Mailsack
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Mark Waid