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105June 1963
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Superboy #105

DC · June 1963 · on sale 1963-04-04

First appearance: Swifty
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Identification plate

Series
Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#105
Publication date
June 1963
Key date
1963-06-00
On-sale date
1963-04-04
Indicia publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Price
$0.12
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Swifty - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Simpleton of Steel!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George KleinClark Kent, Lana Lang, Superboy, Chief Parker
1Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff; letters: Ira Schnapp
2The Simpleton of Steel!comic story8script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George KleinClark Kent, Superboy, Lana Lang, Chief Parker
3Coming... Super-Attractions!promo (ad from the publisher)0.67
5-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffSuper-Turtle, Tur-Tel
7The Day Baby Lana Became "Super"!comic story8.67script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappClark Kent, Superbaby, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Lana Lang, Lewis Lang
9-letters page1letters: typeset
10The Swing Is to DC!promo (ad from the publisher)1
11The Superdog That Was Greater Than Krypto!comic story8script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Al PlastinoClark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Krypto, Superboy, Swifty First
12-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry BoltinoffShorty
16-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 4.32 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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