Superboy #76

DC Comics

United States

Published
October 1959
Page count
36
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/15276

Credits

Editing
Mort Weisinger

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Super-Monkey From Krypton! (Superboy) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Jonathan Kent; Superbaby; Beppo the Super-Monkey

Credits

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colours
?
Letters
?
Show/hide 1. No title recorded (Honor House Products Corp.) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Honor House Products Corp.

Credits

Script
?
Art
?
Letters
typeset

Notes

Inside front cover.

Show/hide 2. The Super-Monkey from Krypton! (Superboy; An Untold Tale of Superboy) Comic story, 8.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy; An Untold Tale of Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy; Beppo the Super-Monkey (introduction, origin); Superbaby; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent

Credits

Script
Otto Binder
Art
George Papp
Colours
?
Letters
?

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #8 ([March 1960?])
The Super-Monkey From Krypton
 
Australia
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #8 ([March 1960?])
 
Australia
Giant Superman Album (Colour Comics, 1961 series) #5 ([July 1965?])
The Super-Monkey from Krypton
 
United States
DC Goes Ape (DC, 2008 series) ([October] 2008)
The Super-Monkey from Krypton!
 
United States
DC Goes Ape (DC, 2008 series) ([October] 2008)

Synopsis

Clark goes to the zoo with his parents and seeing the monkeys reminds him of an adventure he had when he was a baby. A monkey from Krypton stowed away in his rocket and caused mischief which his parents blamed on Clark. Eventually the super monkey is chased away into space by a comet.

Notes

First story in which Superboy flies faster than light in order to see events from the past?

Beppo is not named in this story, only referred to as Super-Monkey.

Show/hide 3. Coming Super-Attractions (Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman) Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.33 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane; Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Superman

Credits

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?
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?
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?
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Show/hide 4. No title recorded (Shorty) Comic story, 1 page

"I'm lucky to get this parking place!"

Featuring

Feature
Shorty
Genre
Humor
Characters
Shorty

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colours
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 5. No title recorded (Colorfoto) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

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Colorfoto

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Show/hide 6. No title recorded (40 Foreign and American Cars) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

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Feature
40 Foreign and American Cars

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?
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?
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Show/hide 7. The Biggest Bully in Smallville! (Superboy) Comic story, 8.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Brick Ransome; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Krypto

Credits

Script
Alvin Schwartz
Art
John Sikela
Colours
?
Letters
?

Synopsis

The Kents allowed a hardened juvenile delinquent to move in hoping they can reform him.

Show/hide 8. No title recorded (Pat Boone) Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.33 pages

"Hi all..."

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Pat Boone
Characters
Pat Boone

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?
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?
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Notes

Advertisement for the Pat Boone magazine coming soon.

Show/hide 9. No title recorded (Palisades Amusement Park) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

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Palisades Amusement Park

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?
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Show/hide 10. No title recorded (Wilson Chemical Co.) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

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Feature
Wilson Chemical Co.

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?
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?
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Show/hide 11. No title recorded (Smallville Mailsack) Letters page, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Smallville Mailsack
Characters
Superboy

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?
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?
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?
Letters
typeset

Notes

Letters of comment from Steven Soricelli, Fred Fisher, Elizabeth Rock, Carl Cirillo, Drew Berman, Tommy Ewing, Sandra Hopard and Cynthia Ann Hacking.

Show/hide 12. The Day Clark Kent Got a Haircut! (Superboy) Comic story, 8 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Joe Timmons; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Superboy robots

Credits

Script
Robert Bernstein
Art
John Sikela
Colours
?
Letters
?

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #8 ([March 1960?])
The Day Clark Kent got a Haircut
 
Australia
Superman Supacomic (Colour Comics, 1959 series) #8 ([March 1960?])
 
United States
Superboy Annual (DC, 1964 series) #1 (Summer 1964)
The Day Clark Kent Got a Haircut
 
Australia
Giant Superboy Album (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #1 ([June 1965?])
The Day Clark Kent Got a Haircut
 
United States
The Best of DC (DC, 1979 series) #15 (August 1981)
The Day Clark Kent Got a Haircut!
This version
Giant Superboy Annual 1, Summer 1964

Synopsis

Smallville's barber wonders why he's never given Clark Kent a haircut.

Show/hide 13. No title recorded (Zenith Company) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Zenith Company

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?
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Show/hide 14. No title recorded (Stephens Credit Sales) Advertisement, 1 page

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Stephens Credit Sales

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Show/hide 15. No title recorded (Joe Weider) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Joe Weider

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Script
?
Art
?
Letters
typeset

Notes

Inside back cover.

Show/hide 16. No title recorded (150 Civil War Soldiers) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
150 Civil War Soldiers

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Script
?
Art
?
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?
Letters
?

Notes

Back cover.


Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 32798

Entry created

  • 22/07/2007

Index completed

  • 11/12/2020

Last updated

  • 11/12/2020