Issue Description

Cover by Curt Swan and Stan Kaye."The Boy of Steel versus the Thing of Steel" written by Otto Binder, penciled and inked by George Papp.Chapter 1: "The Amazing Bizarro" (Superboy, Bizarro, Martha Kent, Melissa, Kryptonite. Reprinted in: Superman Annual #2, DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #15 & The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told (1987)) This is the first appearance of Bizarro, who, in this story was made from a duplicator ray which made imperfect copies of the original, in this case Superboy (later Bizarros would have a different origin). Can Superboy defeat someone that has the same powers he does?Lost -- A Free Education! (public service message by Binky / written by Jack Schiff)Little Pete (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)Chapter 2: "The Runaway Super-Creature"Shorty (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)Casey the Cop (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)Smallville Mailsack (first Superboy letters page)Chapter 3: "The Battle with Bizarro"Razor Blade Radio (Superboy's Workshop)

Superboy (1949)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

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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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