Adventure Comics Featuring Superboy #5
Color Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Al Wenzel, line art
Reprint history
1Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Al Wenzel, penciller
- George Roussos , inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
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- Based on
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Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #133 (October 1948) — Superboy's Report Card
- Printed in
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Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #nn [1] ([August 1956?]) — Superboy's Report Card
Synopsis
Since the truant officer wants Superboy to go to school, he has to pass through all the grades in one day, in order not to jeopardise his secret identity.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Aquaman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- John Daly, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
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3Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy's Workshop
- Genre
- Activity
Credits
- Art
- Al Wenzel, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
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- First print
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Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1 (March-April 1949) — Rocket Plane
- Also printed
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Superboy Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1953 series) #1954-55 (1954) — Rocket Plane
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Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #nn [1] ([August 1956?])
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Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #nn [1] ([August 1956?]) — Rocket Plane
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Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) (February 2001) — Rocket Plane
- From GCD
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1 (March-April 1949)
Synopsis
How to make a rubber-band powered rocket, and a tin-can string telephone.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Woolfolk , scripter [as William Woolfolk]
- Art
- Al Wenzel, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
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- Based on
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Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1 (March-April 1949) — Superboy Meets Mighty Boy!
- Printed in
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Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #nn [1] ([August 1956?]) — Superboy Meets Mighty Boy
- Also printed
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Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) (February 2001) — Superboy Meets Mighty Boy!
- From GCD
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1 (March-April 1949)
Synopsis
A young boy is duped by an unscrupulous promoter into thinking he's stronger than Superboy.
5"What's all the shooting about?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Sagebrush Sam
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Henry Boltinoff, scripter
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff, line art
- Text
- Henry Boltinoff, letterer
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Jack Schiff, editor [attributed] (actual)
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- First print
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Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1 (March-April 1949) — Untitled
- Also printed
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Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) (February 2001) — "What's all the shooting about?"
- From GCD
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1 (March-April 1949)
6"Ah! Just the job for me!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Looie
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Jeff Wilkinson, scripter
- Art
- Jeff Wilkinson, line art
- Text
- Jeff Wilkinson, letterer
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-
First published in this issue
7"Howdy! You're Barny aintcha?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Barny
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Jeff Wilkinson, scripter
- Art
- Jeff Wilkinson, line art
- Text
- Jeff Wilkinson, letterer
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First published in this issue
Notes
For further information on Jeff Wilkinson, see comicsdownunder.blogspot.com.
Notes
First use of the Colour Comics logo on this series.