Superman Presents Superboy Comic #117

Published
October 1979
Page count
68
Cover price
0.50 AUD
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Murray Publishers
 
Murray Publishers

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy) Cover, 1 page

""Hit 'em hard, Krypto! The Mechanical Master's menaces can't beat us!""

Featuring

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

Credits

Art
Ross Andru, penciller
 
Dick Giordano, inker

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #193 (January-February 1979)
Show/hide 1. The Menace of the Mechanical Master (Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
Genre
Superhero
Code
J-5506

Credits

Writing
Tom DeFalco, scripter
Art
Joe Staton, line art
Text
Karen Kish, letterer [as Karisha]
Editing
E. Nelson Bridwell, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #193 (January-February 1979)
Show/hide 2. The Phantom Superboy (Superboy, the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy) Comic story, 14 pages

Featuring

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

Credits

Writing
Robert Bernstein, scripter
Art
George Papp, line art
Editing
Mort Weisinger, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #283 (April 1961)

Synopsis

After Professor Lang finds a box of Kryptonian weapons, Superboy is accidentally projected into the Phantom Zone, the place where Kryptonian criminals were exiled. But using mental telepathy he activates an electric typewriter and tells Pa Kent how to free him.

Notes

Based in part on the second Superman movie serial from 1950.

Show/hide 3. He Who Survives--! (Eclipso) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Eclipso
Genre
Superhero
Code
J-5139

Credits

Writing
Len Wein, scripter
Art
Joe Orlando, penciller
 
Bob Layton, inker
Text
Gaspar Saladino, letterer
Editing
Paul Levitz, editor

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #458 (July 1978)
Show/hide 4. The Great Kryptonite Mystery (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
Kryptonite

Credits

Writing
Jerry Coleman, scripter
Art
Curt Swan, penciller
 
Ray Burnley, inker
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
 
Mort Weisinger, editor [attributed] (actual)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #58 (July 1957)
The Great Kryptonite Mystery
Also printed
Australia
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #104 ([October 1957])
The Great Kryptonite Mystery
 
Australia
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #27 ([October 1963?])
The Great Kryptonite Mystery
 
United States
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #227 [G-72] (June-July 1970) (June-July 1970)
The Great Kryptonite Mystery
 
Australia
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #20 ([November 1972?])
The Great Kryptonite Mystery

Synopsis

Superboy attempts to "vaccinate" himself against Kryptonite.

Show/hide 5. Superboy's Darkest Secret (Superboy) Comic story, 24 pages

Status

This issue includes help from

  • Anthony Revill

AusReprints ID

  • 2198

Entry created

  • 24/01/2005

Cover added

  • 09/08/2015

Index completed

  • 08/04/2007

Last updated

  • 09/08/2015