Superboy #30

DC Comics

United States

Published
January 1954
Page count
44
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/11032

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor)
Mort Weisinger (actual editor)

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Giant Who Came to Smallville! (Superboy) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superboy

Credits

Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Stan Kaye ?

Reprint history

Based on
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #30 (January 1954)
The Giant Who Came to Smallville!
Also printed
Australia
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #64 ([May 1954])
The Giant Who Came to Smallville!
 
United Kingdom
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #64 ([June 1954?])
The Giant Who Came to Smallville!

Notes

based on the cover to Thrilling Wonder Stories, July 1940, also edited by Mort Weisinger.

Show/hide 1. Home, Sweet Home! (Binky) Public service announcement, 1 page
Show/hide 2. The Giant Who Came to Smallville! (Superboy) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Pa Kent (balding), Ma Kent, Lana Lang

Credits

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Sy Barry

Synopsis

An experiment gone awry turns a baby into a giant.

Notes

story very similar to "The Giant Turtle Man" in Jimmy Olsen #53

Show/hide 3. Untitled (Jerry the Jitterbug) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Jerry the Jitterbug
Genre
Gag

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 4. The Picture that Stopped Superboy! (Superboy) Comic story, 9.66 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Lana Lang, Henry Slade (intro)

Credits

Script
William Woolfolk?
Art
John Sikela

Synopsis

A young Smallville student accidentally takes a picture of Clark changing to Superboy.

Notes

writer id by Bob Hughes

Show/hide 5. Untitled (Quick Quiz) Activity, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Quick Quiz

Notes

puzzle

Show/hide 6. Untitled (Peg) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Peg
Genre
Gag

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Show/hide 7. Raising the "Q" Flag Text article, 2 pages

Credits

Author
Letters
typeset

Notes

text page, reprinted from ALL HANDS, Bureau of Naval Personnel

Show/hide 8. Tommy Tuttle -- Superboy's Pal! (Superboy) Comic story, 9.66 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Lana Lang, Tommy Tuttle (intro), The Crime Professor (intro)

Credits

Script
Bill Finger?
Art
John Sikela

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #67 ([August 1954?])
Tommy Tuttle--Superboy's Pal
 
United Kingdom
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #67 ([September 1954])
Tommy Tuttle--Superboy's Pal
 
United Kingdom
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #67 ([September 1954])

Synopsis

Tommy brags about how often he has to help his friend Superboy.

Notes

writer id by Bob Hughes


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 35927

Entry created

  • 16/02/2008

Index completed

  • 02/09/2011