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Superboy (1st Series)

    (DC, 1949-1980, 2002)
™ and ©1969 DC Comics, Inc.
Series continued in Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #231

Encouraged by the long-lasting popularity of Superman, DC decided to launch several follow-up titles. Titles such as Superman’s Girl Friend Lois Lane, and Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen concentrated on supporting cast, and Superboy went back into his own past, telling of Clark Kent’s adventures as a teenager.

The stories here were lighthearted and often gimmicky. A Bizarro-Superboy, Super-Baby, Super-Dog, and even a Super-Monkey were concocted for this series. Superboy’s main problems, however, were balancing the need to save the world, protecting his secret identity, and fending off the romantic advances of Lana Lang and others.

With issue #231, the title became known as Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes. With issue #259, Superboy faded from view, and the title’s name changed officially to The Legion of Super-Heroes.
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  • 1
    #1
    Mar 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Cliff Rhodes, Edmond Hamilton, Henry Boltinoff, Lit-Win  ·  A: Ed Dobrotka, Henry Boltinoff, John Sikela, Lit-Win, Win Mortimer, Al Wenzel, Raymond Perry
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    May 1949
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Fred David, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff, Al Wenzel
    Cited in Seduction of The Innocent (p35-36, 226), Superboy rewrites American history, too. In one story he helps George Washington’s campaign and saves his life by hitting a Hessian with a snowball…
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    Jul 1949
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    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff, Al Wenzel, Raymond Perry
    No copies available
  • 4
    #4
    Sep 1949
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    W: Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 5
    #5
    Nov 1949
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    W: William Woolfolk  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Raymond Perry
    No copies available
  • 6
    #6
    Jan 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: John Sikela, Win Mortimer, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 7
    #7
    Mar 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Tom Farley, Harry Lampert, Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff, Al McLean  ·  A: Wayne Boring, John Sikela, Harry Lampert, Irwin Hasen, Henry Boltinoff, Al McLean
    No copies available
  • 8
    #8
    May 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bill Finger, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff, Stookie Allen, Lit-Win, Al McLean  ·  A: Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff, John Sikela, Sheldon Mayer, Stookie Allen, Raymond Perry, Lit-Win, Al Mclean
    1st Appearance of Superbaby
    No copies available
  • 9
    #9
    Jul 1950
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    A: John Sikela
    No copies available
  • 10
    #10
    Sep 1950
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    W: Bill Finger, Alvin Schwartz, Henry Boltinoff, Harry Lampert, Al McLean  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff, Harry Lampert, Raymond Perry, Al McLean
    1st Appearance of Lana Lang
    No copies available
  • 11
    #11
    Nov 1950
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Bill Finger, Martin Naydel, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Martin Naydel, Henry Boltinoff
    Nov-Dec issue; Superboy
    No copies available
  • 12
    #12
    Jan 1951
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    W: William Woolfolk, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel  ·  A: Curt Swan, John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel
    No copies available
  • 13
    #13
    Mar 1951
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    W: Horace Elmo, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Curt Swan, John Sikela, Horace Elmo, Henry Boltinoff
    1st Appearance of Larry Lang (Lana Lang’s brother)
    No copies available
  • 14
    #14
    May 1951
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    W: William Woolfolk, Horace Elmo, Henry Boltinoff, Marie Sarafianos, Al McLean  ·  A: Curt Swan, John Sikela, Horace Elmo, Henry Boltinoff, Al McLean
    No copies available
  • 15
    #15
    Aug 1951
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    W: Henry Boltinoff, David Kahn, Horace Elmo  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo
    1 copy for $54.00
  • 16
    #16
    Sep 1951
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    W: William Woolfolk, Martin Naydel, Henry Boltinoff, Al McLean, Horace Elmo  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff, Martin Naydel, Al McLean, Horace Elmo
    Buzzy Says:“Old Folks are People, Too”PSA
    No copies available
  • 17
    #17
    Nov 1951
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    W: Henry Boltinoff, John Broome, Horace Elmo  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo
    No copies available
  • 18
    #18
    Feb 1952
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    W: Henry Boltinoff, David King  ·  A: Curt Swan, John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 19
    #19
    Apr 1952
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    W: Don Cameron, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff
    1 copy for $52.00
  • 20
    #20
    Jun 1952
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    W: Gardner Fox, Henry Boltinoff, Bob Kent, Stan Kaye  ·  A: Curt Swan, John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff, Raymond Perry, Stan Kaye, Al McLean
    1 copy for $194.98
  • 21
    #21
    Aug 1952
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    A: John Sikela
    No copies available
  • 22
    #22
    Oct 1952
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    W: Edmond Hamilton, France Edward Herron, William Woolfolk, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff
    1 copy for $50.00
  • 23
    #23
    Dec 1952
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    W: Jerry Coleman  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan
    No copies available
  • 24
    #24
    Feb 1953
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    A: John Sikela
    No copies available
  • 25
    #25
    Apr 1953
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    A: Curt Swan, John Sikela
    No copies available
  • 26
    #26
    Jun 1953
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    A: John Sikela, Curt Swan
    No copies available
  • 27
    #27
    Aug 1953
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    W: Edmond Hamilton, William Woolfolk  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan
    Scarcer
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  • 28
    #28
    Oct 1953
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    A: John Sikela, Curt Swan
    1 copy for $38.00
  • 29
    #29
    Dec 1953
    Cover: $0.10
    A: Curt Swan, John Sikela
    No copies available
  • 30
    #30
    Jan 1954
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    A: Curt Swan, John Sikela
    No copies available
  • 31
    #31
    Mar 1954
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    A: John Sikela, Curt Swan
    No copies available
  • 32
    #32
    Apr 1954
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    A: Curt Swan, John Fischetti, John Sikela
    No copies available
  • 33
    #33
    Jun 1954
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    W: William Woolfolk  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan
    1 copy for $36.00
  • 34
    #34
    Jul 1954
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    A: John Sikela, Curt Swan
    1 copy for $27.00
  • 35
    #35
    Sep 1954
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    W: Jack Schiff  ·  A: Curt Swan, Win Mortimer
    No copies available
  • 36
    #36
    Oct 1954
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    W: Henry Boltinoff, Bob Prouhet  ·  A: Curt Swan, John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff
    Jonathan and Martha Kent become Lana’s legal guardians
    No copies available
  • 37
    #37
    Dec 1954
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    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: Curt Swan, John Sikela
    No copies available
  • 38
    #38
    Jan 1955
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    W: Otto Binder, Harry Lampert, Henry Boltinoff, Phil Berube, Howard Dewey, Martin Naydel  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Harry Lampert, Henry Boltinoff, Phil Berube, Raymond Perry, Martin Naydel, Tommy Nicolosi
    Reprints from Feature Films Magazine #1 (Mar-Apr 1950), Action Comics #135 (Aug 1949), and All Hands, the Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin #446 (Apr 1954)
    No copies available
  • 39
    #39
    Mar 1955
    Cover: $0.10
    A: John Sikela, Curt Swan
    First Comics Code-approved issue
    No copies available
  • 40
    #40
    Apr 1955
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    W: Otto Binder, Jerry Coleman, Alvin Schwartz  ·  A: Curt Swan, John Sikela
    No copies available
  • 41
    #41
    Jun 1955
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    W: Jack Miller, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff  ·  A: Curt Swan, John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff, Win Mortimer
    1 copy for $94.00
  • 42
    #42
    Jul 1955
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, Joe Mallon, Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Win Mortimer, Henry Boltinoff
    Reprint from Superboy (1st Series) #3
    1 copy for $94.00
  • 43
    #43
    Sep 1955
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo, Jack Miller  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff, Horace Elmo
    Reprint from Star Spangled Comics #129 (Jun 1952)
    No copies available
  • 44
    #44
    Oct 1955
    Cover: $0.10
    A: John Sikela
    1 copy for $23.20
  • 45
    #45
    Dec 1955
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    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: John Sikela
    Superboy’s Workshop
    No copies available
  • 46
    #46
    Jan 1956
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    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: John Sikela
    No copies available
  • 47
    #47
    Mar 1956
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: Curt Swan, George Klein, Henry Boltinoff
    52; Time travel; “Superboy Meets Superman”reprinted in Super-Team Family #5
    No copies available
  • 48
    #48
    Apr 1956
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, Jerry Coleman, Henry Boltinoff, John MacKenzie  ·  A: Curt Swan, John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff
    1st Appearance of Alvin Lang
    No copies available
  • 49
    #49
    May 1956
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    W: Otto Binder, Jerry Coleman, Henry Boltinoff, James Mackay  ·  A: John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff
    1st Appearance of Metallo (robot)
    1 copy for $30.00
  • 50
    #50
    Jul 1956
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    W: Jerry Coleman, Otto Binder, Jeb McKesson, Jack Miller, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 51
    #51
    Sep 1956
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Coleman, Otto Binder  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff
    3 copies from $42.00
  • 52
    #52
    Oct 1956
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    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff
    1st Appearance of Power-Boy (Zarl Vorne); Origin of Power-Boy (Zarl Vorne); 1st Silver Age issue; Palisades Park admission ticket
    No copies available
  • 53
    #53
    Dec 1956
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan
    No copies available
  • 54
    #54
    Jan 1957
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, Alvin Schwartz  ·  A: Curt Swan, John Sikela
    1 copy for $24.00
  • 55
    #55
    Mar 1957
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff
    Jimmy Olsen travels back in time and meets Superboy for the first time; Time travel; “A Visit from Superman’s Pal!”reprinted in Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #114 (Sep 1968)
    No copies available
  • 56
    #56
    Apr 1957
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, Jerry Coleman  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan
    2 copies from $29.00
  • 57
    #57
    Jun 1957
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: Curt Swan, John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff
    Palisades Park admission ticket
    No copies available
  • 58
    #58
    Jul 1957
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, Jerry Coleman  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff
    Green kryptonite; Palisades Park admission ticket
    1 copy for $44.00
  • 59
    #59
    Sep 1957
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, Jerry Coleman, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff  ·  A: Al Plastino, John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff, Ruben Moreira
    Versus Lex Luthor; Palisades Park Admission Ticket
    2 copies from $40.00
  • 60
    #60
    Oct 1957
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    W: Otto Binder, Jack Schiff, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Al Plastino, John Sikela, Ruben Moreira, Henry Boltinoff
    No copies available
  • 61
    #61
    Dec 1957
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Coleman  ·  A: John Sikela
    Contains scene of Clark Kent changing to Superboy identity later used in subscription ads; Superboy meets aliens
    3 copies from $35.00
  • 62
    #62
    Jan 1958
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Alvin Schwartz, Jerry Coleman, Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Creig Flessel, Henry Boltinoff
    2 copies from $26.40
  • 63
    #63
    Mar 1958
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    W: Otto Binder, Jerry Coleman, Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff  ·  A: Creig Flessel, John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff, Bob Brown
    No copies available
  • 64
    #64
    Apr 1958
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Alvin Schwartz, Otto Binder  ·  A: John Sikela, Creig Flessel
    No copies available
  • 65
    #65
    Jun 1958
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    W: Jerry Coleman  ·  A: George Papp, Al Plastino, John Sikela, Henry Boltinoff
    1st Appearance of Dworn; Palisades Park admission ticket and ride coupons
    3 copies from $39.00
  • 66
    #66
    Jul 1958
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    W: Jerry Coleman, Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: John Sikela, George Papp
    1 copy for $48.00
  • 67
    #67
    Sep 1958
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    W: Otto Binder, Bill Finger  ·  A: Al Plastino, George Papp, Henry Boltinoff
    1st Appearance of Klax-Ar; Origin of Klax-Ar; Palisades Park admission ticket and ride coupons
    1 copy for $4.25
  • 68
    #68
    Oct 1958
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    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: George Papp
    1st Appearance of Bizarro; Origin of Bizarro
    No copies available
  • 69
    #69
    Dec 1958
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: John Sikela, George Papp, Henry Boltinoff
    1 copy for $39.00
  • 70
    #70
    Jan 1959
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    W: Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: George Papp, John Sikela, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff
    Origin of Clark Kent’s glasses; Origin of Mr. Mxyzptlk; Untold Tales of Superboy #1
    2 copies from $32.00
  • 71
    #71
    Mar 1959
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: John Sikela, George Papp
    3 copies from $53.00
  • 72
    #72
    Apr 1959
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    W: Henry Boltinoff, Otto Binder, Jack Schiff, Jerry Coleman  ·  A: Henry Boltinoff, John Sikela, Bernard Baily, George Papp, Creig Flessel
    3 copies from $43.00
  • 73
    #73
    Jun 1959
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    W: Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: George Papp, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoff
    An Untold Tale of Superboy
    1 copy for $24.00
  • 74
    #74
    Jul 1959
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    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: John Sikela
    1 copy for $6.40
  • 75
    #75
    Sep 1959
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder  ·  A: George Papp, John Sikela
    Palisades Park admission ticket and ride coupons
    2 copies from $8.00
  • 76
    #76
    Oct 1959
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, Alvin Schwartz, Robert Bernstein  ·  A: George Papp, John Sikela
    1st Appearance of Supermonkey
    1 copy for $31.00
  • 77
    #77
    Dec 1959
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel, Robert Bernstein  ·  A: George Papp, John Sikela
    1st Appearance of Freddy Shaw; 1st Appearance of Freddy Shaw (Clark Kent’s first best friend); Death of Freddy Shaw; Death of Freddy Shaw (Clark Kent’s first best friend); An Untold Tale of Superboy; Superboy cries
    4 copies from $8.50
  • 78
    #78
    Jan 1960
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    W: Otto Binder, Jerry Siegel  ·  A: John Sikela, George Papp
    Origin of Mr. Mxyzptlk
    2 copies from $32.00
  • 79
    #79
    Mar 1960
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    W: Robert Bernstein  ·  A: Al Plastino, John Sikela
    Time travel
    2 copies from $21.60
  • 80
    #80
    Apr 1960
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Robert Bernstein, Jerry Siegel  ·  A: John Sikela, Curt Swan
    Superboy meets Supergirl
    3 copies from $54.00
  • 81
    #81
    Jun 1960
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    W: Otto Binder, Jerry Siegel  ·  A: George Papp, Al Plastino
    Palisades Park admission ticket; Time travel
    No copies available
  • 82
    #82
    Jul 1960
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    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: John Sikela
    1st Appearance of Bizarro Krypto; DC house ad for Green Lantern #1 (Aug 60); Palisades Park admission ticket and ride coupons
    5 copies from $23.00
  • 83
    #83
    Sep 1960
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    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: George Papp, Al Plastino
    1st Appearance of Kryptonite Kid; Origin of Kryptonite Kid
    4 copies from $12.00
  • 84
    #84
    Oct 1960
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    W: Jerry Siegel, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: George Papp, Henry Boltinoff
    Versus Rainbow Raider
    4 copies from $14.40
  • 85
    #85
    Dec 1960
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    W: Otto Binder, Jerry Siegel  ·  A: George Papp
    1st appearance of Mighty Boy; 1st appearance of Mighty Dog; Versus Lex Luthor; Superboy cries at failing to save Abraham Lincoln; Superboy cries over his lost friend; Time travel
    4 copies from $6.40
  • 86
    #86
    Jan 1961
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    W: Jerry Siegel, Henry Boltinoff, Leo Dorfman  ·  A: George Papp, Henry Boltinoff, Al Plastino
    1st Appearance of Pete Ross
    5 copies from $6.50
  • 87
    #87
    Mar 1961
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    W: Robert Bernstein, Jerry Siegel  ·  A: George Papp
    1st Appearance of Kolli
    5 copies from $16.00
  • 88
    #88
    Apr 1961
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    W: Robert Bernstein  ·  A: Al Plastino, George Papp
    Time travel
    2 copies from $8.50
  • 89
    #89
    Jun 1961
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Robert Bernstein, Henry Boltinoff, Jerry Siegel  ·  A: George Papp, Henry Boltinoff, Curt Swan
    1st Appearance of Mon-El (Lar Gand); Origin of Mon-El (Lar Gand); Origin of Superman retold; Superboy is made an honorary member of the Smallville Police Department; Superboy sends Mon-El into the Phantom Zone for 1,000 years; Time travel
    3 copies from $10.00
  • 90
    #90
    Jul 1961
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Jerry Coleman, Jerry Siegel, Otto Binder  ·  A: Al Plastino, George Papp
    An Untold Tale of Superbaby; Palisades Park admission ticket and ride coupons; Pete Ross discovers Clark Kent is Superboy
    4 copies from $42.50
  • 91
    #91
    Sep 1961
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Jerry Siegel, Robert Bernstein  ·  A: George Papp, Curt Swan
    Palisades Park admission ticket and ride coupons
    3 copies from $12.00
  • 92
    #92
    Oct 1961
    Cover: $0.10
    W: Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Curt Swan, George Papp, Henry Boltinoff
    Origin of Lex Luthor
    7 copies from $19.98
  • 93
    #93
    Dec 1961
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Al Plastino, George Papp
    5 copies from $2.55
  • 94
    #94
    Jan 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Henry Boltinoff, Jack Schiff  ·  A: George Papp, Henry Boltinoff, Rube Grossman
    1st Appearance of Superboy Revenge Squad; Reprint from All-American Men of War #8 (Dec 1953-Jan 1954)
    4 copies from $12.00
  • 95
    #95
    Mar 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Jerry Coleman  ·  A: George Papp
    4 copies from $11.60
  • 96
    #96
    Apr 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Robert Bernstein  ·  A: George Papp, Al Plastino
    3 copies from $10.00
  • 97
    #97
    Jun 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: George Papp, Henry Boltinoff
    E. Nelson Bridwell L.O.C.
    4 copies from $5.95
  • 98
    #98
    Jul 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Jerry Siegel  ·  A: Al Plastino, Curt Swan
    1st appearance of Marla; 1st Appearance of Ultra Boy; Origin of Ultra Boy
    3 copies from $20.00
  • 99
    #99
    Sep 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Henry Boltinoff  ·  A: Henry Boltinoff
    Origin of Kryptonite Kid; Versus Kryptonite Kid
    9 copies from $2.19
  • 100
    #100
    Oct 1962
    Cover: $0.12
    W: Jerry Siegel, Jerry Coleman  ·  A: Curt Swan, George Papp, Joe Shuster
    1st appearance of Dr. Xadu; 1st appearance of Erndine
    7 copies from $8.50
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