Issue Description

Hop On the Welfare Wagon! (public service message by Superman / written by Jack Schiff) -- 2. The Ghost that Haunted Smallville! (Superboy, Jor-El) -- 3. Peg (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff) -- 4. Superboy's Safety Code! (Superboy) -- 5. Casey the Cop (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff) -- 6. So You Want to be a Paratrooper? (full text article by Bob Kent) -- 7. Varsity Vic (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff) -- 8. Fireman Pete -- 9. The Dragon Teeth Soldiers! (Superboy / written by Gardner Fox) -- 10. Tumbling Clown (Superboy's Workshop)

Ghost of Jor-El: I am Jor-El, your father, Superboy -- and I am forced to reveal your true identity!

Superboy (1949)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

House Ad 

Superboy (Volume 1)  

 Starring: Clark Kent as Superboy.

Continued in: Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes

Superboy had been making appearances as the lead feature in Adventure Comics since early 1946, but he finally debuted in his own series in 1949. Any Superman fans who were unaware of the concept of the "adventures of Superman when he was a boy" may have been reassured by the fact that the man of steel himself introduced the series on the cover of the first issue. The Superboy series would feature work by the likes of France E. Heron and William Woolfolk and its success would last for over 30 years.

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