Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1958-09-30
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)
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I Was a Teen-Age Superboy!
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Superboy / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superboy; Jimmy Saunders; Ronnie James; Fred Gordon

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Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Mobile Tank / Missile Firing Tank; Power Gym / advertisement / 1 page

I Was a Teen-Age Superboy
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Superboy / comic story / 12.67 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Krypto; Jimmy Saunders; Ronnie James; Fred Gordon; Prof Lang; Lana Lang; Ma Kent
Synopsis:
Under a Kryptonite "spell" from Krypto, Superboy mysteriously gives different super powers to various boys in Smallville, with mixed results. Lana Lang tricks him into giving her super-speed but keeps setting herself afire!

Indexer Notes

Story title is probably inspired by the 1957 movies "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein" and "I Was a Teenage Werewolf."

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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page

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Private Pete / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:And stay there until I tell you to come out!
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Showcase; Adam Strange / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Menace of the Electric Man!
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Aquaman / comic story / 5.67 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Aquaman; Topo; Electric Man [Roy Pinto]
Synopsis:
An escaped convict finds himself immune to electric shock. During storms at sea, the "Electric Man" gathers lightning bolts to rob ships. Aquaman is helpless to stop him until he remembers a particular cargo of rubber that allows him and Topo to defeat the villain.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/.

Electric Man is similar to Spider-Man's later foe Electro.

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Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page

Look to the Stars!
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public service announcement / 1 page

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  • Genre:advocacy; math & science
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gosh Bob, we're lost! What do we do now?
Characters:
Bob; Ted
Synopsis:
Bob and his friends are saved from being lost in the woods because Bob knows how to find Polaris, the North Star.

Indexer Notes

Appeared across a range of DC comics in November/December 1958.

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Tricksy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I can't get a raise in pay from the boss.

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Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page

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typeset

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Replies read like Murray Boltinoff.

The Green Arrow's Last Stand
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Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Professor Hagen; Arrowcar; Arrowplane; Brave Turtle (Medicine Man)
Synopsis:
Green Arrow and Speedy land in a remote valley that is still occupied by Sioux Indian warriors. The conniving chief and medicine man manufacture a fake "legend" to retain power, but GA's trick arrows win the day and liberate the tribe.
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Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page

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Western Facts / cartoon / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:non-fiction; western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:He's duded up to go the the haymaker's jig!
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Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.33 page

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

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American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. I Was a Teen-Age Superboy!
    Superboy
  2. [no title indexed]
    Mobile Tank / Missile Firing Tank; Power Gym
  3. I Was a Teen-Age Superboy
    Superboy
  4. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. ["And stay there until I tell you to come out!"]
    Private Pete
  6. [no title indexed]
    Showcase; Adam Strange
  7. The Menace of the Electric Man!
    Aquaman
  8. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  9. Look to the Stars!
  10. ["I can't get a raise in pay from the boss."]
    Tricksy
  11. [no title indexed]
    Smallville Mailsack
  12. The Green Arrow's Last Stand
    Green Arrow
  13. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  14. ["He's duded up to go the the haymaker's jig!"]
    Western Facts
  15. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  16. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  17. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  18. [no title indexed]
    American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals
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