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[Silver]

By this point in the run the issues from here on were some of the earliest I acquired in the 1980's when I decided to collect the Superman books. My mentality back then was to get long runs of consecutive issues usually starting at some round number. I never at that time expected to complete Superboy, but 100-up seemed doable.

 

[Silver]

Regarding the last issue, I love thought balloons on animals

Speaking of thought, the Thought Monster of Krypton was one of the more imaginative Kryptonian creatures. There could be a whole thread on the stuff DC introduced that made it from Krypton.

 

 

[Silver]

102 was the las of the box 12's. The 12 cent logo you see now will be on books for several years, this is significant in as pricing and pricing logos changed often after this point. The next significant identifier of age will be when the checker box logos come. 1963-4 were really great years for DC, many good stories came out of those years. 

I have always liked this Curt Swan Black Knight cover.

 

 

[Hepcat]

On 6/14/2017 at 7:39 AM, Silver said:

Superboy 98. A real favorite of mine, I.... I love the cover with Superboy and Ultra Boy looking at each other. 

 

 

Hmmmmm. I don't know about those two. Why weren't they turning their X-ray vision on Lana instead of each other?

 

[Silver]

That has been brought up before

Edited June 15, 2017 by Silver

[steelcity]

Many times!

[steelcity]

5 hours ago, Silver said:

Regarding the last issue, I love thought balloons on animals

Speaking of thought, the Thought Monster of Krypton was one of the more imaginative Kryptonian creatures. There could be a whole thread on the stuff DC introduced that made it from Krypton.

 

 

The Thought Monster on this cover looks like a floating balloon.

[steelcity]

On 14/06/2017 at 0:39 PM, Silver said:

Superboy 98. A real favorite of mine, I. Ought this copy at. SDCC back in the late 80's. I love the cover with Superboy and Ultra Boy looking at each other. This is Ultra Boys first appearance, another must have issue for any LSH fan. Dig Ultra Boys cool baseball uniform! Also, see the car in the background? Probably early 1930's vintage. This starting causing DC some continuity issues, if Superman was present day, when was his childhood? It floated basically. I guess today his childhood is the mid to late 1990's....he's a millennial!

 

Superboy 98 is not easy to find without some degree of edge discoloration, especially at the top edge.

[Hepcat]

I'm still kicking myself for not having acted quickly fifteen years ago and snapped up a seemingly perfect white, bright copy that Pendragon Comics of Toronto had for sale at the big Toronto comic show. But Superboy was a lower priority  for me at the time and....

 

[1950's war comics]

6 hours ago, Silver said:

By this point in the run the issues from here on were some of the earliest I acquired in the 1980's when I decided to collect the Superman books. My mentality back then was to get long runs of consecutive issues usually starting at some round number. I never at that time expected to complete Superboy, but 100-up seemed doable.

 

Between this great SA Superboy thread and the Jon Berk GA auction thread these boards are fantastic at this moment !!!!!!!

[1950's war comics]

17 hours ago, Silver said:

Superboy 100! This is my second copy of this landmark issue, I upgraded from a mid grade copy. Although I like to stay away from CR/OW pages when possible, this was a really nice copy. It's got some great extra bonus features in it and yet another LSH appearance!

I'm not aware of another DC anniversary issue packed with so many extras.

Superboy 100 is almost like a giant sized issue !!

[Silver]

If there is another comic ever printed with the word "Pater" on the cover, I've never seen it. And if by chance there is, it wasn't said by a kid named Reginald.

 

Edited June 16, 2017 by Silver

[Silver]

DC had a thing for the word "boo-boo". There was even a story (iirc) in Superman that was riddled with boo-boos to see how many readers would catch. I think I've even seen them refer to them as "boners". My, how language use has changed! 

 

[Hepcat]

22 hours ago, Silver said:

That has been brought up before

 

Yes, but think of poor Lana. Those superhero fellows were such morally upright prigs back in 1962 that a girl couldn't even get them to part with an admiring glance. I mean here she must have been thinking "Look, look! See what you're missing being off superheroing all the time! Geeze, you're all such boring no fun do-gooders. How's a girl ever going to find a husband these days?" 

 

Edited June 16, 2017 by Hepcat

[Silver]

You know, covers like that one show just how awesome Curt Swan was, it really is a great cover. The proposed lengerie shot would have just made it better. 

[Silver]

This one has a preset good story, pick up a copy and check it. It has everything going for it. The Superboy Revenge Squad, Pete Ross, kryptonite memorial pyramids, a great Curt Swan cover. I need a 9.4 of this issue.

 

[Silver]

Oh that red kryptonite, you never know what problems it's going to cause. I wish we had red kryptonite in real life, it would be fun to see what kind of stuff it would cause. Wait, that's what drugs do...never mind.

 

[Silver]

Superboy 108

 

[Silver]

First and only appearance of Bizarro Swifty (I don't make this stuff up people)

 

[Silver]

Superboy 110