Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1980
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 68
Editing Julius Schwartz (editor); Elizabeth Mattheos (editor)
Notes This was specially commissioned by a school system and distributed exclusively through comic shops as DC's first direct sales only experiment.

Cover Details

Characters Superboy; Krypto
Genre superhero
Pencils Ross Andru (signed)
Inks Dick Giordano (signed)
Letters Gaspar Saladino

2 page Superboy text story "The Story of Superboy"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Murphy Anderson
Letters typeset
Notes text w/illos; IFC & IBC

8 page Superboy story "The Origin of Superboy's Super-Costume!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #78 (Jan 1960)

9 page Superboy story "The Dreams of Doom!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #83 (Sep 1960)

2 page Krypton filler "Map of Krypton"

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Sal Amendola
Inks Sal Amendola
Letters Ben Oda

10 page Superboy story "Life on Krypton!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #79 (Mar 1960)

9 page Superboy story "The One-Man Team!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #88 (Apr 1961)

1 page Superboy story "Kryptonite in Four Colors!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Letters Ben Gaspar Saladino

8 page Superboy story "The Three Secret Identities of Superboy"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #67 (Sep 1958)

1 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 Jan 1969

8 page Superboy story "The Man Who Destroyed Krypton"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #67 (Sep 1958)

8 page Superboy story "The Puzzle of the Disappearing Pitcher!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Todd Klein

1 page Superboy illustration "Best Wishes, Superboy and Friends!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]
Genre superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Joe Giella
Colors Gene D'Angelo
Letters Todd Klein
Notes Back Cover