Superboy (1949)

Superboy (1949)

Superboy (1949)

Superboy (1949)

Volume 1.

Name:

Superboy

Start year:

1949

Publisher:

DC Comics

Aliases:

First issue:

Superboy #1 Superman, What Were You Like When You Were a Boy? If that's What You'd Like to Know, Look Inside!

Last issue:

Superboy #230 The Creature Who Conned The Legion

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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.

Collected Editions

Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone (#89 & 104)

Issues

#1 Superman, What Were You Like When You Were a B… March 1st, 1949

#2 Smallville Celebrates Superboy Day May 1st, 1949

#3 Superboy's Hall of Fame! / Superboy, Bodyguard… July 1st, 1949

#4 The Oracle of Smallville! September 1st, 1949

#5 Superboy Meets Supergirl plus The Isle of Mena… November 1st, 1949

#6 To the Girls of Smallville High- Superboy January 1st, 1950

#7 The Boy of Steel Vs. Humpty Dumpty The Hobby R… March 1st, 1950

#8 When Superboy was a Superbaby May 1st, 1950

#9 Another Adventure of Humpty-Dumpty the Hobby R… July 1st, 1950

#10 The Girl in Superboy's Life! September 1st, 1950

#11 The Town that was Out of This World November 1st, 1950

#12 The Heroes' Club! January 1st, 1951

#13 The Super-Boy Scout of Smallville! March 1st, 1951

#14 The Boy From Mars! May 1st, 1951

#15 The Golden Superboy Coins July 1st, 1951

#16 The Strange Costumes of Superboy September 1st, 1951

#17 Superboy's Double November 1st, 1951

#18 The Boy of Steel in 3 Mighty Adventures! February 1st, 1952

#19 Death of Young Clark Kent April 1st, 1952

#20 The Ghost That Haunted Smallville June 1st, 1952

#21 Lana Lang, Magician August 1st, 1952

#22 The New Clark Kent! October 1st, 1952

#23 The Super-Superboy! December 1st, 1952

#24 The Super-Fat Boy of Steel! February 1st, 1953

#25 The Cinderella of Smallville April 1st, 1953

#26 The Super-Tot of Smallville! June 1st, 1953

#27 Clark Kent, Runaway August 1st, 1953

#28 The Luckiest Boy in the World! / The Man Who … October 1st, 1953

#29 The Super Athlete of Smallville! / The Tree t… December 1st, 1953

#30 The Giant Who Came to Smallville January 1st, 1954

Characters in volume

Superman Appeared in 230 issue(s)

Martha Kent Appeared in 167 issue(s)

Jonathan Kent Appeared in 159 issue(s)

Lana Lang Appeared in 150 issue(s)

Krypto Appeared in 74 issue(s)

Lewis Lang Appeared in 45 issue(s)

Saturn Girl Appeared in 37 issue(s)

Brainiac 5 Appeared in 36 issue(s)

Lightning Lad Appeared in 36 issue(s)

Varsity Vic Appeared in 36 issue(s)

Chameleon Boy Appeared in 35 issue(s)

Cosmic Boy Appeared in 33 issue(s)

Peg Appeared in 33 issue(s)

SuperBaby Appeared in 33 issue(s)

Little Pete Appeared in 32 issue(s)

Shorty Appeared in 32 issue(s)

Chief Parker Appeared in 31 issue(s)

Superboy Robot Appeared in 31 issue(s)

Lex Luthor Appeared in 27 issue(s)

Mon-El Appeared in 26 issue(s)

Sun Boy Appeared in 26 issue(s)

Ultra Boy Appeared in 26 issue(s)

Jor-El Appeared in 25 issue(s)

Shadow Lass Appeared in 24 issue(s)

Colossal Boy Appeared in 23 issue(s)

Pete Ross Appeared in 23 issue(s)

Phantom Girl Appeared in 23 issue(s)

Shrinking Violet Appeared in 22 issue(s)

Timber Wolf Appeared in 22 issue(s)

Jerry the Jitterbug Appeared in 21 issue(s)

Died in volume

Bizarro

Invisible Kid

Metallo of Krypton

Supremo

Concepts in volume

Silver Age of Comics Appeared in 60 issue(s)

Aliens Appeared in 49 issue(s)

Golden Age of Comics Appeared in 29 issue(s)

Time Travel Appeared in 24 issue(s)

31st Century Appeared in 23 issue(s)

Superhero Costumes Appeared in 20 issue(s)

Secret Identity Appeared in 19 issue(s)

Superpowers Appeared in 19 issue(s)

Utopia Appeared in 19 issue(s)

Flashback Appeared in 17 issue(s)

Humor Appeared in 17 issue(s)

Robots Appeared in 14 issue(s)

Comics Code Authority Appeared in 12 issue(s)

Reprinted Material Appeared in 11 issue(s)

Origin Story Appeared in 10 issue(s)

Imprisonment Appeared in 9 issue(s)

Swimming Appeared in 9 issue(s)

Anthology Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Bronze Age of Comics Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Editorial Note Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Retcon Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Giant Monsters Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Horse Riding Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Organized Crime Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Simians Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Animal Attacks Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Baseball Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Comic Geography of Earth Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Fishing Appeared in 4 issue(s)

School Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Locations in volume

Smallville Appeared in 94 issue(s)

Space Appeared in 38 issue(s)

Smallville High School Appeared in 24 issue(s)

Metropolis Appeared in 21 issue(s)

Legion of Super-Heroes Headquarters Appeared in 15 issue(s)

Krypton Appeared in 11 issue(s)

Earth Appeared in 10 issue(s)

Phantom Zone Appeared in 9 issue(s)

Egypt Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Kent Farm Appeared in 8 issue(s)

Africa Appeared in 6 issue(s)

Atlantic Ocean Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Kansas Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Kent's General Store Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Daily Planet Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Laboratory Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Mars Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Arctic Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Europe Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Great Sphinx of Giza Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Littleville Appeared in 3 issue(s)

North Pole Appeared in 3 issue(s)

The Moon Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Alcatraz Island Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Antarctica Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Australia Appeared in 2 issue(s)

China Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Fortress of Solitude Appeared in 2 issue(s)

France Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Italy Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Objects in volume

Kryptonite Appeared in 35 issue(s)

Superman Suits Appeared in 19 issue(s)

Legion Flight Ring Appeared in 18 issue(s)

Red Kryptonite Appeared in 9 issue(s)

Phantom Zone Projector Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Bio-Ring Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Brainiac 5's Force Field Belt Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Legion Cruiser Appeared in 4 issue(s)

Time Bubble Appeared in 4 issue(s)

H Dial Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Kal-El's Spaceship Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Miracle Machine Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Crystal of Catastrophe Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Emerald Eye of Ekron Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Grimbor's Restraints Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Nuclear Weaponry Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Smallville Gazette Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Telepathic Earplugs Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Zone-O-Phone Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Authors in volume

Curt Swan Appeared in 153 issue(s)

Henry Boltinoff Appeared in 135 issue(s)

Mort Weisinger Appeared in 129 issue(s)

Jack Schiff Appeared in 99 issue(s)

George Papp Appeared in 84 issue(s)

Ira Schnapp Appeared in 83 issue(s)

John Sikela Appeared in 76 issue(s)

Otto Binder Appeared in 71 issue(s)

Whitney Ellsworth Appeared in 69 issue(s)

George Klein Appeared in 63 issue(s)

Murray Boltinoff Appeared in 63 issue(s)

Stan Kaye Appeared in 60 issue(s)

Bob Brown Appeared in 47 issue(s)

Jerry Siegel Appeared in 44 issue(s)

Al Plastino Appeared in 36 issue(s)

Winslow Mortimer Appeared in 33 issue(s)

Neal Adams Appeared in 32 issue(s)

Leo Dorfman Appeared in 31 issue(s)

Murphy Anderson Appeared in 31 issue(s)

Cary Bates Appeared in 30 issue(s)

Mike Grell Appeared in 29 issue(s)

Sheldon Moldoff Appeared in 27 issue(s)

Typeset Appeared in 27 issue(s)

Jerry Coleman Appeared in 25 issue(s)

Nick Cardy Appeared in 25 issue(s)

E. Nelson Bridwell Appeared in 23 issue(s)

Frank Robbins Appeared in 23 issue(s)

Tatjana Wood Appeared in 23 issue(s)

John Fischetti Appeared in 19 issue(s)

Ben Oda Appeared in 18 issue(s)

Teams in volume

Kent Family Appeared in 71 issue(s)

Legion of Super-Heroes Appeared in 55 issue(s)

Phantom Zone Inhabitants Appeared in 14 issue(s)

Kryptonians Appeared in 11 issue(s)

United States Army Appeared in 8 issue(s)

House of El Appeared in 7 issue(s)

Daily Planet Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Legion of Substitute Heroes Appeared in 5 issue(s)

Fatal Five Appeared in 3 issue(s)

Space Canine Patrol Agents Appeared in 3 issue(s)

5th Dimensional Imps Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Dark Circle Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Federal Bureau of Investigation Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Legion of Super-Villains Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Science Police Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Superman Revenge Squad Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Super-Pets Appeared in 2 issue(s)

United States Navy Appeared in 2 issue(s)

Bgztlians Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Black Dragon Society Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Boy Scouts of America Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Coluans Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Confederate Army Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Devil Fish Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Devil's Dozen Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Gotham City Police Department Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Gotham Gazette Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Heroes of Lallor Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Hyper-Family Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Kryptonian Science Council Appeared in 1 issue(s)

Characters first appearance

Adam Orion In issue #199

Ambassador Relnic In issue #225

Anti-Lad In issue #204

Anton Lumar In issue #151

Bash Bashford In issue #157

Benn Pares In issue #213

Beppo In issue #76

Bizarro In issue #68

Bizarro-Krypto In issue #82

Black Dragon In issue #210

Bull Dog In issue #132

Calorie Queen In issue #212

Captain Sinbad Kent In issue #79

Chameleon Collie In issue #131

Chameleon Kid In issue #212

Charlie Cannonball In issue #57

Charma In issue #221

Chief Parker In issue #88

Crav Nah In issue #208

Dawnstar In issue #226

Deregon In issue #228

Destructo In issue #92

Dik-Ki In issue #126

Dworn In issue #65

Earth-Man In issue #218

Edith Kent In issue #77

Esper Lass In issue #212

Fenton Pike In issue #222

Flynt Brojj In issue #209

Gmya Wazzo In issue #215