Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1961-02-28
Editing: Mort Weisinger (editor)
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The Phantom Superboy!
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Superboy / cover / 1 page

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    Genre:superhero
Characters:
Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Superboy
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Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Bicycle Windshield; Wrist Radio / advertisement / 1 page

The Phantom Superboy
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Superboy / comic story / 13.67 pages

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    Genre:superhero
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Superboy; Krypto; Lana Lang; Clark Kent robot; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Phantom Zone (intro); General Zod (intro, in flashback); Dr. Xadu (intro, in flashback)
Synopsis:
After Professor Lang finds a box of Kryptonian weapons, Superboy is accidentally projected into the Phantom Zone, the place where Kryptonian criminals were exiled. But using mental telepathy he activates an electric typewriter and tells Pa Kent how to free him.
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Indexer Notes

Based in part on the second Superman movie serial from 1950.

Coming... Super-Attractions!
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Superman; Action Comics; Superboy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page

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    Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This spot looks fine!
Synopsis:
Shorty has good luck "prospecting" and finds a site for a hot dog stand.
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Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page

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typeset

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Letters from Frederick J. Lulling, Ellen McCune, Gary Posner, Henry Mayer, Donald Walker, Michael Leigh Brown, Kenneth Landgraf, and Nancy Smith; includes statement that "Smallville, U.S.A. is a suburb in an eastern state of the United States"(i.e., not Kansas).

Here It Is
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Justice League of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

A Salute to Our American Indians!
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public service announcement / 1 page

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    Genre:advocacy

The Lion with the Double Identity!
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Congorilla / comic story / 12 pages

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    Genre:jungle; superhero; adventure
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Janu; The Golden Lion (intro); Tim Tully (intro)
Synopsis:
Congorilla-like lion
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Little Pete / comic story / 1 page

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    Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm going over to the schoolyard!
Synopsis:
Parents hide birthday present in Pete's messy closet.

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Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

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Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page

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American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Phantom Superboy!
    Superboy
  2. [no title indexed]
    Bicycle Windshield; Wrist Radio
  3. The Phantom Superboy
    Superboy
  4. Coming... Super-Attractions!
    Superman; Action Comics; Superboy
  5. ["This spot looks fine!"]
    Shorty
  6. [no title indexed]
    Zenith Stamps
  7. [no title indexed]
    Smallville Mailsack
  8. Here It Is
    Justice League of America
  9. A Salute to Our American Indians!
  10. The Lion with the Double Identity!
    Congorilla
  11. ["I'm going over to the schoolyard!"]
    Little Pete
  12. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  13. [no title indexed]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  14. [no title indexed]
    American Seeds
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