Giant Superboy Album #10

Published
June 1973
Page count
68
Cover price
0.25 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Planet Comics (1)
 
Planet Comics (1)

Credits

Editing
, editor

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Show/hide Cover Superboy's Darkest Secret! (Superboy) Cover, 1 page

"Th-they're alive! My real mother and father!"

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
Neal Adams, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Editing
Murray Boltinoff, original editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #158 (July 1969)
Untitled
Show/hide 1. Superboy's Darkest Secret! (Superboy) Comic story, 24 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Jor-El & Lara

Credits

Writing
Frank Robbins, scripter
Art
Bob Brown, penciller
 
Wally Wood, inker
Text
, letterer
Editing
Murray Boltinoff, original editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #158 (July 1969)
Superboy's Darkest Secret!
Also printed
United States
Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Tempo Books, 1977 series) #14535 (1977)
Superboy's Darkest Secret
 
Australia
Superman Presents Superboy Comic (Murray, 1976 series) #117 ([October 1979?])
Superboy's Darkest Secret
 
Australia
Superman Presents Superboy Comic (Murray, 1976 series) #117 ([October 1979?])

Synopsis

Superboy discovers Jor-El and Lara didn't die when Krypton blew up.

Show/hide 2. The Boy of the Year Contest! (Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy) Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 3. The Origin of the Legion! (The Legion of Super-Heroes) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Lightning Lad; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Supergirl; Sun Boy; Superboy; Phantom Girl; Light Lass; Triplicate Girl; Ultra Boy; Chameleon Boy; Brainiac 5; Shrinking Violet; Element Lad; Colossal Boy; Mon-El]; R.J. Brande; Lightning Lord [as Mekt Ranzz]

Credits

Writing
E. Nelson Bridwell, scripter
Art
Pete Costanza, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Mort Weisinger, original editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #147 (June 1968)
The Origin of the Legion!
Also printed
United States
Secret Origins (DC, 1973 series) #6 (January-February 1974)
The Origin of the Legion!
 
Australia
Super Heroes (KG Murray, 1976 series) #1 ([August 1976?])
The Origin of the Legion
 
United States
The Legion of Super-Heroes Archives (DC, 1991 series) #8 ([September] 1998)
The Origin of the Legion!

Synopsis

Three youths with fantastic powers save billionaire R.J. Brande, who bankrolls them in an organization meant to emulate Superboy and Supergirl, the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Show/hide 4. The Boy of Steel versus the Thing of Steel, Chapter I: The Amazing Bizarro (Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Bizarro

Credits

Writing
Otto Binder, scripter
Art
George Papp, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958)
The Boy of Steel versus the Thing of Steel, Chapter I: The Amazing Bizarro

Synopsis

A scientist's experiment backfires and creates an imperfect duplicate of Superboy.

Notes

This is the first appearance of Bizarro. Chapters are 8 pages each.

Show/hide 5. [The Boy of Steel versus the Thing of Steel] Chapter II: The Runaway Super-Creature (Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy; Bizarro; Professor Dalton; Melissa

Credits

Writing
Otto Binder, scripter
Art
George Papp, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958)
[The Boy of Steel versus the Thing of Steel] Chapter II: The Runaway Super-Creature

Synopsis

Bizarro's dimwitted attempts to help only create great danger for all those around him.

Show/hide 6. [The Boy of Steel versus the Thing of Steel] Chapter III: The Battle with Bizarro (Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy; Bizarro; Melissa

Credits

Writing
Otto Binder, scripter
Art
George Papp, line art
Text
, letterer
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, original editor [credited]
 
Mort Weisinger, original editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #68 (October 1958)
[The Boy of Steel versus the Thing of Steel] Chapter III: The Battle with Bizarro

Synopsis

The army unleashes an anachronistic A-bomb against Bizarro.

Show/hide 7. In 3 Weeks You Play Guitar (Melody Music) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Melody Music

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art (illustration)
Text
, typeset

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Neil A Hansen

AusReprints ID

  • 1317

Entry created

  • 09/02/2004

Cover added

  • 20/10/2019

Index completed

  • 08/05/2004

Last updated

  • 20/10/2019