Issue Description

Superboy enrolls at Swankhurst Academy to expose a crooked headmaster.

Be a Good Citizen! (public service message by Superman / written by Jack Schiff)

Co-Feature: The Boy with Ultra-Powers! (Superboy, Ultra Boy, Pete Ross, Krypto, Lana Lang, Ma Kent (cameo) / written by Jerry Siegel : reprinted in: Superboy #147, Adventure Comics #497, Legion of Super-Heroes Archives #1)

Ultra Boy makes his debut, trying to figure out Superboy's secret identity. He succeeds, but informs Superboy that it was his test of initiation to join the Legion of Super-Heroes. 

Tricksy (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)

Casey the Cop (gag strip by Henry Boltinoff)

Superboy (1949)

Publisher

DC Comics

Volume Description

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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