Superboy #108

Published
February 1958
Page count
32
Cover price
1/- [0-1-0 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Matte colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
 
Colour Comics Pty Ltd

Credits

Editing
?

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover The Kid from Krypton! (Superboy) Cover, 1 page

"Introduce me to your parents, Superboy! Tell them that I, too, was born on the planet Krypton and that from now on I'm going to be your--er--brother!"

Featuring

Feature
Superboy
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colours
?
Letters
?
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (November 1957)
The Kid From Krypton!
Also printed
United Kingdom
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #108 (February 1958)
The Kid from Krypton
Show/hide 1. The Kid from Krypton (Superboy the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superboy the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Zar-Al, another Krypton refugee

Credits

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Stan Kaye
Letters
?
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #242 (November 1957)
The Kid from Krypton
Also printed
United Kingdom
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #108 (February 1958)
The Kid From Krypton
 
United States
Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #129 (May 1966)
The Kid from Krypton
 
Australia
Giant Superboy Album (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #3 ([June 1967?])
The Kid from Krypton

Notes

This story begins on the inside front cover.

Show/hide 2. Untitled (Sagebrush Sam) Comic story, 2 pages

"This is the way to do prospectin' - real twentieth century livin'!"

Featuring

Feature
Sagebrush Sam
Genre
Humour

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (original editor-in-chief), Jack Schiff (original managing editor)
Murray Boltinoff (original associate editor), George Kashdan (original associate editor)

Reprint history

First print
United States
World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #91 (November-December 1957)
Sagebrush Sam
Also printed
United Kingdom
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #108 (February 1958)
Sagebrush Sam
Show/hide 3. Untitled (Casey The Cop) Comic story, 1 page

"Well, Spike, I see you're back here again!"

Featuring

Feature
Casey The Cop
Genre
Humour

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters
?
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (original editor)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Gang Busters (DC, 1947 series) #37 (December 1953-January 1954)
Untitled
 
United States
Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #48 (November-December 1957)
Untitled
Also printed
United Kingdom
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #108 (February 1958)
Casey the Cop
 
Australia
Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #27 ([July 1967?])
Untitled
Show/hide 4. The Interplanetary Hitch-Hiker (Tommy Tomorrow) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Tommy Tomorrow
Genre
Science fiction

Credits

Script
Otto Binder
Art
Jim Mooney
Letters
?
Editing
Whit Ellsworth (original editor)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #234 (November 1957)
The Interplanetary Hitchhiker
Also printed
United Kingdom
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #108 (February 1958)
The Interplanetary Hitch-Hiker
Show/hide 5. Untitled (Jerry the Jitterbug) Comic story, 1 page

"This note from the principal is for my dad! Golly, I bet he's got to come to school for something I did!"

Featuring

Feature
Jerry the Jitterbug
Genre
Teen Humour

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (original credited editor)
Larry Nadle (actual original editor)

Reprint history

First print
United States
Leave it to Binky (DC, 1948 series) #17 (November-December 1950)
Untitled
Also printed
United Kingdom
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #108 (February 1958)
Jerry the Jitterbug
Show/hide 6. The Super Giant of Smallville (Superboy the Adventures of Superman when he was a Boy) Comic story, 8 pages
Show/hide 7. Magic Made Easy (Paul Duvolo School of Magic) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Paul Duvolo School of Magic
Show/hide 8. Sensational Results of New Height Increase System (Sydney Physical Institute) Advertisement, 0.5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Sydney Physical Institute

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 37072

Entry created

  • 18/07/2008

Cover added

  • 04/12/2011

Index completed

  • 04/12/2011

Last updated

  • 15/11/2020