Superboy #25

DC Comics

United States

Published
April-May 1953
Page count
44
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/10420

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Mort Weisinger (actual)

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Cinderella of Smallville! (Superboy) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy; Lana Lang

Credits

Art
Win Mortimer
Show/hide 1. No title recorded (Space Squadron) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Space Squadron

Credits

Letters
typeset

Notes

Inside front cover.

Show/hide 2. The Super-Artist of Smallville (Superboy) Comic story, 9.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy

Credits

Script
Edmond Hamilton ?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
John Fischetti

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #15 ([October 1960])
The Super-Artist of Smallville
 
Australia
Colossal Comic (Colour Comics, 1958 series) #45 ([May 1968?])
The Super-Artist of Smallville

Synopsis

A father has it in for a Smallville art teacher.

Notes

writer and inker credits by Bob Hughes

Show/hide 3. No title recorded (Wildroot Cream-Oil) Advertisement, 0.33 pages

Featuring

Feature
Wildroot Cream-Oil
Show/hide 4. No title recorded (Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

"Gosh, they stopped Pud on the goal line again!"

Featuring

Feature
Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
Genre
Children

Credits

Art
Ray Thompson [as Ray T.]
Show/hide 5. Editorial Advisory Board Promo (ad from the publisher), 0.5 pages

Notes

Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

Show/hide 6. Superman Says: "People Are People!" (Superman) Public service announcement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Advocacy; superhero

Credits

Script
Jack Schiff
Art
Win Mortimer
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Show/hide 7. The Boy Who Framed Clark Kent (Superboy) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent (bald); Larry Wilks

Credits

Script
John Broome ?
Art
John Sikela

Synopsis

Larry Wilks plays a joke on Clark by planting a Superboy costume in his camping tent.

Notes

writer credit by Bob Hughes

Show/hide 8. No title recorded (Varsity Vic) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"Hmm... Mister, is it real dark in there?"

Featuring

Feature
Varsity Vic
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 9. No title recorded (Necco) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Necco
Show/hide 10. No title recorded (Little Pete) Comic story, 1 page

"H'lo, Pete. Wow - A whole dollar!"

Featuring

Feature
Little Pete
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 11. Wheels on the Move Text article, 2 pages

Featuring

Genre
Non-fiction

Credits

Author
Letters
typeset
Show/hide 12. No title recorded (Quick Quiz) Activity, 0.67 pages

"Which is farther west..."

Featuring

Feature
Quick Quiz

Credits

Script
H. T. Elmo
Art
H. T. Elmo
Letters
H. T. Elmo
Show/hide 13. Superman Is on Television! (The Adventures of Superman) Advertisement, 0.33 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Adventures of Superman
Show/hide 14. You Can Make a Rocket-Ship! (Superboy's Workshop) Activity, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Superboy's Workshop
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
Al McLean
Show/hide 15. The Cinderella of Smallville (Superboy) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy; Lana Lang; Professor Lang; Mrs. Lang; Mr. Kreech; Mrs. Kreech

Credits

Script
Bill Finger ?
Art
John Sikela

Synopsis

Lana gets adopted by Silas Kreech when her parents are missing in Africa. Then he finds out he can't touch her money!

Notes

writer credit by Bob Hughes

Show/hide 16. No title recorded (All-Star Western; Adventure Comics) Promo (ad from the publisher), 1 page

"The oldest symbol in comics..."

Featuring

Feature
All-Star Western; Adventure Comics
Show/hide 17. Draw Me! (Art Instruction, Inc.) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Art Instruction, Inc.

Credits

Letters
typeset
Show/hide 18. No title recorded (Motor's Auto Repair Manual) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Motor's Auto Repair Manual

Credits

Letters
typeset

Notes

Inside back cover.

Show/hide 19. No title recorded (Milky Way) Advertisement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Milky Way

Credits

Letters
typeset

Notes

Back cover.


Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 34867

Entry created

  • 03/11/2007

Index completed

  • 25/08/2019

Last updated

  • 25/08/2019