Issue Details

Issue	#15
Published	August 1981
Cover Price	0.95 USD
Pages	100
Editing	Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell (consulting editor)

Cover Details - "Smallville Celebrates Superboy Day!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Ross Andru
Inks	Dick Giordano

13 page Superboy story "The Laughing Stock of Smallville!"

Characters	Luthor; Krypto; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang
Synopsis	Luthor pulls a series of stunts designed to make Superboy look ridiculous.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino
Notes	Origin explains how Luthor lost his hair and began to hate Superboy.
Reprinted	from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #292 (January 1962)

8 page Superboy story "Lana Lang's Super-Birthday"

Characters	Lana Lang; Ma Kent
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz
Pencils	Creig Flessel
Inks	Creig Flessel
Reprinted	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #64 (April 1958)

8 page Superboy story "The Saddest Boy in Smallville!"

Genre	superhero
Script	Leo Dorfman
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Reprinted	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #88 (April 1961)

2 page The Superboy Legend story "Superboy's Secret Hideaways"

Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Wally Wood
Reprinted	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #153 (January 1969)

8 page Superboy story "The Boy Who Betrayed Clark Kent!"

Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Reprinted	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #86 (January 1961)

9 page Superboy story "Pete Ross' Super-Secret!"

Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Notes	Pete Ross learns Clark Kent is Superboy. Script credit provided by Allen Ross (January 3, 2006) from an autographed copy of Superboy (1949 series) #90. Previously, script credited to Robert Bernstein.
Reprinted	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #90 (July 1961)

9 page Superboy story "The Old Maid of Smallville!"

Characters	Miss Finch; Lana Lang; Ma Kent
Synopsis	Superboy helps an old maid school teacher break out of her shell.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino
Reprinted	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #83 (September 1960)

8 page Superboy story "The Day Clark Kent Got a Haircut!"

Characters	Joe Timmons; Pa Kent; Superboy robots
Synopsis	Smallville's barber wonders why he's never given Clark Kent a haircut.
Genre	superhero
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	John Sikela
Reprinted	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #76 (October 1959)

9 page Superboy story "The Dog Catcher of Smallville!"

Characters	Krypto
Synopsis	Krypto and Superboy turn the tables on a crooked dog catcher.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Reprinted	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #73 (June 1959)

8 page Superboy story "The Ordeal of Chief Parker!"

Characters	Krypto
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino
Reprinted	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #116 (October 1964)

14 page Superboy story "The Rock 'n' Roll Riddle of Smallville!"

Genre	superhero
Script	Cary Bates
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Murphy Anderson
Reprinted	from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #195 (June 1973)

1 page Superboy text article "Other Citizens of Smallville"

Genre	superhero
Script	E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters	typeset