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Superboy (1949-1979 1st Series DC) 40

  • Issue #40
    Superboy (1949-1979 1st Series DC) 40
    • Margin pieces missing from first five pages (chew).

    Cover pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Stan Kaye. Don't Be Afraid to Speak Up! public service announcement starring Peter Porkchops, script by Jack Schiff, art by Rube Grossman. "The Boy of Clay!" starring Superboy, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Lana Lang, and Prof. Lang, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan; Superboy finds his powers weakening after Clark Kent eats some strange bananas Professor Lang brings back from the jungle. Ad for Leave It to Binky and World's Finest Comics. X-Ray Box - Superboy's Workshop activity page. "The School for Geniuses!" starring Superboy, script by Jerry Coleman, art by John Sikela; A high score on some exams places Clark Kent in a school for geniuses, whose other members suspect that one of their number is Superboy. Jerry Jitterbug humor page by Henry Boltinoff. Adventure in the Skies text article by Jack Miller. "The Magic Necklace!" starring Superboy, script by Alvin Schwartz, art by John Sikela; A lama in Tibet gives Clark Kent an amulet that supposedly protects the wearer from death; After a stray shot strikes him while Lana Lang is watching, Clark has to pretend that the amulet works... and Lana takes it. Bebe humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.