(December 1981)

DC, 1980 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
40
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-09-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor); Julius Schwartz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger (signed)
Inks
Dave Hunt (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
S-3754
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've been struck blind! I can only see with these glasses!
Genre
superhero
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The New Adventures of Superboy (DC, 1980 series) #24 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The New Adventures of Superboy (1980 series) #24 [Newsstand]
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Blind Boy's Bluff! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Dave Hunt
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Ben Oda
Job Number
S-3767
Genre
superhero
Characters
Humpty Dumpty [now the Curator]; Krypto; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; Lana Lang; Pete Ross
Reprints
Keywords
red kryptonite

Indexer Notes

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

Penguins on Parade (Table of Contents: 2)

The Penguin; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Synopsis
The Penguin distracts people with marching penguin puppets while stealing an antique sword, but is himself distracted by Hostess Fruit Pies planted by the police.
Keywords
Gotham City police; penguins; puppets; robbery; sword; umbrellas

The Little Green Men Who Weren't There! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Misadventures of Superbaby / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
John Calnan
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Colors
Jerry Serpe
Letters
Shelly Leferman
Job Number
S-3736
Genre
superhero
Characters
Ma Kent; Tommy Tomorrow (as a TV show); Captain Comet (on the cover of Strange Adventures)
Reprints

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: 4)

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

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
S-3759
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I've been struck blind! I can only see with these glasses!"]
    Superboy
  2. 1. Blind Boy's Bluff!
    Superboy
  3. 2. Penguins on Parade
    The Penguin; Hostess Fruit Pies
  4. 3. The Little Green Men Who Weren't There!
    The Misadventures of Superbaby
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Smallville Mailsack
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