Superboy #1
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- March-April 1949
- Page count
- 52
- 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/7390
Credits
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Jack Schiff (actual)
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superboy)
Cover, 1 page
"Superman, what were you like when you were a boy?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman
Credits
- Pencils
- Wayne Boring
- Inks
- Stan Kaye
- Letters
- ?
Ira Schnapp (logo design)
Reprint history
- Printed in
- in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1
in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #157
in Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) #nn
Notes
Logo design credit from Todd Klein.
1Featuring
- Feature
- Kodak
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane; Superboy (flashback); Brandar the Great; Margo Griffiths
Credits
- Script
- Don C. Cameron ?
- Pencils
- John Sikela
- Inks
- Ed Dobrotka ?
Synopsis
Brandar the Great predicts the future. At a party attended by young Clark Kent he predicted that Margo Griffiths, now a young nurse in Metropolis, would cease to exist on her 21st birthday.
Notes
Really a Superman story with the Superboy segment as a flashback.
3Featuring
- Feature
- Bazooka the Atom Bubble Boy
4Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy's Workshop
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Al Wenzel
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Adventure Comics Featuring Superboy (Color Comics, 1949 series) #5 ([June 1949?]) — Rocket Plane
-
Superboy Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1953 series) #1954-55 (1954) — Rocket Plane
-
Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #nn [1] ([August 1956?])
-
Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #nn [1] ([August 1956?]) — Rocket Plane
-
Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) (February 2001) — Rocket Plane
- From GCD
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1 (March-April 1949)
5"H'lo, little girl! What's your name?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Shorty
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
6Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; The Smash and Grab Gang
Credits
- Script
- Ed Hamilton
- Pencils
- Al Wenzel
- Inks
- Stan Kaye ?
Synopsis
Superboy teaches some young vandals a lesson.
Notes
Art credits by Bob Hughes; credits in Millennium reprint incorrect. Takes place in Metropolis.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Miss Beverly Hills of Hollywood
Credits
- Letters
- /
8"Golly, I didn't catch a single fish today..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Daffy & Doodle
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Lit-Win
- Pencils
- Lit-Win
- Inks
- Lit-Win
9Featuring
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Author
- Cliff Rhodes
- Art
- Raymond Perry
- Letters
- typeset
10"What's all the shooting about?"
Featuring
- Feature
- Sagebrush Sam
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Adventure Comics Featuring Superboy (Color Comics, 1949 series) #5 ([June 1949?]) — Untitled
-
Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) (February 2001) — "What's all the shooting about?"
- From GCD
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1 (March-April 1949)
11"You'll find this sure-fire brand..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Dale Evans Comics; All-American Western; Western Comics
12"C'mon, Tizzy, I'll take you to the movies!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Shorty
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
13Credits
- Letters
- typeset
14Featuring
- Feature
- Superboy
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Mighty Boy (introduction); Jay V. Atkins
Credits
- Script
- Bill Woolfolk
- Art
- Al Wenzel
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Adventure Comics Featuring Superboy (Color Comics, 1949 series) #5 ([June 1949?]) — Superboy Meets Mighty Boy
-
Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #nn [1] ([August 1956?]) — Superboy Meets Mighty Boy
-
Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) (February 2001) — Superboy Meets Mighty Boy!
-
Millennium Edition: Superboy No. 1 (DC, 2001 series) (February 2001)
- From GCD
- from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #1 (March-April 1949)
Synopsis
A young boy is duped by an unscrupulous promoter into thinking he's stronger than Superboy.
Notes
Previously credited to Bill Woolfolk but it's not in his pay records per Martin O'Hearn. Art credits by Bob Hughes; credits in Millennium reprint incorrect. Script revision from ? to Woolfolk per Dorothy Woolfolk and P. C. Hamerlick in Alter Ego #158 (May 2019). Takes place in Metropolis.
15"It's a beautiful day for a hike in the hills!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Homer
- Genre
- Humor
Credits
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Art
- Henry Boltinoff
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
Reprint history
16Featuring
- Feature
- American Seed Co.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
17Featuring
- Feature
- National Radio Institute
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
18Featuring
- Feature
- Daisy B-B Guns
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of January 8 in ad in Leave It to Binky #7.
Indicia
The indicia for this issue is not recorded. The identified publisher might be an associated or parent company, rather than the specific listed publisher.