Issue Details

Issue	#72
Published	April 1959
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger
Notes	Ad sequences, letters page, and other information provided by Ed Boner, February 2009.

Cover Details - "The Flying Girl!"

Characters	Lana Lang; Superboy
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

9 page Superboy story "Rebello, the Human Robot!"

Characters	Jonathan Kent; Superboy robots; Rebello (introduction); Lana Lang; Superboy
Synopsis	Superboy builds his first robot capable of independent thought and it rebels against him.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	John Sikela

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Brave and the Bold #23"

1 page public service announcement "What's Your B. Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)"

Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bernard Baily
Inks	Bernard Baily
Letters	Ira Schnapp

8 page Superboy story "The Day Superboy Was a Coward"

Characters	Lana Lang; Uniform Gang (introduction); Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Tom Keating; Pug Waters; Superboy
Synopsis	Superboy loses all confidence after he apparently kills an escaping criminal.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Reprinted	in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #325

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pop ad"

1 page Smallville Mailsack letters page

Letters	typeset
Notes	Sammy Rumore suggests that a teen-age Lois Lane visit Smallville and meet Superboy and Lana Lang.

1 page Varsity Vic filler "The car's all fixed up for a long drive in the country"

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

6 page Superboy story "The Flying Girl of Smallville!"

Characters	Lana Lang; Superboy
Synopsis	Lana Lang tricks Superboy into giving her the power to fly and, if they stay together for a continuous three hours, Lana will gain the power permanently.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Coleman
Pencils	Creig Flessel
Inks	Creig Flessel
Reprinted	in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #3 (September 1964)

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"