Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1950-06-14
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #155 Edit Cover
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Superboy / cover / 1 page

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?
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superboy [Clark Kent]
Reprints (2)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Kind of Stories You Like Best!
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Danger Trail / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Superboy, Hollywood Actor
(Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
?
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That's it, Clark! Here's where you change to Superboy.
Characters:
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jenkins; B.C. Crandon; Reginald (actor playing Superboy); Wilson (film director)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Not in Woolfolk's pay records according to Martin O'Hearn.

Introduced formally the following month in Superboy #10 (September-October 1950), the redheaded unnamed student who appears in the middle two panels of page four certainly looks like Lana Lang, which would make this her actual debut. Both stories were drawn by John Sikela.

Trouble at Ghost-Town!
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"P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Star Spangled Comics; Detective Comics; Action Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Robinson Crusoe, 20th Century!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ralph Mayo (signed)
Inks:
Ralph Mayo (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wh - What are you doing here?
Characters:
Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Slate Morgan (villain); Robert Wilton; Cyrus Wilton
Reprints (1)

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Little Pete / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:C'mon, Toodles, eat your food!
Characters:
Little Pete
Reprints (1)

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Bendix Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page

Message to Parents
(Table of Contents: 8)

public service announcement / 0.5 page

Script:
?
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?
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:advocacy

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

The Imitation Knight
(Table of Contents: 10)

The Shining Knight / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
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?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:By my halidome!
Characters:
The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Mary Mason; Mr. Mason
Reprints (1)

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Spike / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Phil Berube (signed)
Pencils:
Phil Berube (signed)
Inks:
Phil Berube (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm gonna try fishing like the Eskimos!
Reprints (1)

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Bazooka Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Western Facts / cartoon / 0.75 page

Script:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Martin Naydel (signed)
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When Indians referred to the white man's...
Reprints (1)

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Nestlé's Crunch / advertisement / 0.25 page

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(Table of Contents: 15)

Shorty / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This one is fine!

The World's Coldest Cold
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text article / 2 pages

Script:
?
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?
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?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction
Reprints (1)

Proving Ground of Peril!
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Green Arrow / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
? (GA writer 2)
Pencils:
George Papp (signed as Geo Papp)
Inks:
George Papp (signed as Geo Papp)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Why must Green Arrow and Speedy overcome "impossible" obstacles...
Characters:
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Jim Potter; Otto Graff; James Morton; Lou Emmons

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(Table of Contents: 18)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.67 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Touchdown!" "Look at Jerry go...
Reprints (3)

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Columbia Bicycles / advertisement / 0.33 page

Job Counselor
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Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:advocacy; superhero
Reprints (1)

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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Hollywood Film Studios Enlargements / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Superboy
  2. The Kind of Stories You Like Best!
    Danger Trail
  3. Superboy, Hollywood Actor
    Superboy
  4. Trouble at Ghost-Town!
    "P-F" Canvas Shoes; Another Jim Wise Story
  5. ["You don't have to wait 2 months..."]
    Star Spangled Comics; Detective Comics; Action Comics
  6. Robinson Crusoe, 20th Century!
    Johnny Quick
  7. ["C'mon, Toodles, eat your food!"]
    Little Pete
  8. [no title indexed]
    Bendix Coaster Brake
  9. Message to Parents
  10. Editorial Advisory Board
  11. The Imitation Knight
    The Shining Knight
  12. ["I'm gonna try fishing like the Eskimos!"]
    Spike
  13. [no title indexed]
    Bazooka Bubble Gum
  14. ["When Indians referred to the white man's..."]
    Western Facts
  15. [no title indexed]
    Nestlé's Crunch
  16. ["This one is fine!"]
    Shorty
  17. The World's Coldest Cold
  18. Proving Ground of Peril!
    Green Arrow
  19. ["Touchdown!" "Look at Jerry go..."]
    Jerry the Jitterbug
  20. [no title indexed]
    Columbia Bicycles
  21. Job Counselor
    Superboy
  22. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  23. [no title indexed]
    Hollywood Film Studios Enlargements
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