The first Superboy story from More Fun 101 3 3

[skypinkblu]

I've had this book for a long time, bought it slabbed. I normally don't even try to open slabs...but I was thinking of opening this one (actually having a friend open it, but that didn't work out) ...seeing what the "tear seals" they were talking about were, then  reading and resubbing it. I was talking to another friend @Larryw7,about how  book does not  have Superboy on the cover. So I was getting curious and decided to try opening it myself. Low and behold, a little twist of the plastic, a butter knife to pry apart the 2 halves and here we are.

I didn't want to just post this in gold, because more and more people I talk to on here seem to appreciate the older comics as well as the new ones.

The whole story is just  5 pages. I'm sorry about the angles, I didn't want to tear the book.

 

Edited January 12, 2022 by skypinkblu

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Edited January 12, 2022 by skypinkblu

[skypinkblu]

Sorry about that...I have a new phone and the  camera   keeps outsmarting me;) 

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[D84]

Thanks for sharing

[skypinkblu]

Thanks, I always enjoy seeing the stories when other people post them.

[Bird]

awesome story and awesome post

thank you!

[D84]

This is why I love raw books. My favorite issues are because of the stories.

[kav]

On 1/12/2022 at 3:52 PM, skypinkblu said:

 

 

 

 

I never knew abt this!  amazing.  They should have the adventures of spider man when he was a boy!

[AJD]

Thanks for posting that Sharon, I'd never read it before.

"We've had earthquakes and storms before, and our planet still exists." Sigh.

[Readcomix]

Thanks for sharing this, Sharon! I had read a bit of it in Superman from the 30’s to the 70’s (great b&w hardcover reprint compilation from the 70s for those unfamiliar; there’s equally awesome Batman and Shazam versions as well) but they did not reprint all 5 pages — just the superbaby scenes, I think. That’s a different look for Jor-el with that two-tone outfit.

I should add in case I have sent anyone down a rabbit hole - the Shazam one is a LOT less common than the other 2, and usually pricier. But you’re probably talking a couple $10-$20 books and a $100-$150 book; all well worth it.

Edited January 13, 2022 by Readcomix

[Point Five]

Gerard Jones’ Men of Tomorrow book talks about Superboy’s creation at length. He speculates that Jerry Siegel, still writing scripts for National Periodicals and already seething about missing out on profits from Superman, likely banged out this story without really thinking about it, then realized—sadly too late—that he had just given them yet another cash cow character for free. He sued in the late 40s to (among other things) try to retain the rights to the character, but was unsuccessful.

 

[skypinkblu]

My pleasure, Gene...I used to have only raw books it was easier to read those...now I need to use my xray vision;) glasses;)

[Ken Aldred]

Nice little story. 

Like the bit where he lifts a car.  Very Action Comics 1.

Edited January 13, 2022 by Ken Aldred

[skypinkblu]

On 1/12/2022 at 10:02 PM, Point Five said:

Gerard Jones’ Men of Tomorrow book talks about Superboy’s creation at length. He speculates that Jerry Siegel, still writing scripts for National Periodicals and already seething about missing out on profits from Superman, likely banged out this story without really thinking about it, then realized—sadly too late—that he had just given them yet another cash cow character for free. He sued in the late 40s to (among other things) try to retain the rights to the character, but was unsuccessful.

 

Thanks, Jon...I didn't know that. 

I never even knew he was in this series until I found the More Fun issues on eBay. I knew about Adventure and Superboy...but not these. 

Then again I had never heard of GA comics before eBay...

[lizards2]

On 1/12/2022 at 3:33 PM, skypinkblu said:

I've had this book for a long time, bought it slabbed. I normally don't even try to open slabs...but I was thinking of opening this one (actually having a friend open it, but that didn't work out) ...seeing what the "tear seals" they were  So I was getting curious and decided to try opening it myself. Low and behold, a little twist of the plastic, a butter knife to pry apart the 2 halves and here we are.

Good job! You are my hero, crackin' that book out.

Now go to you youtube and listen to The Cramps, She's Got Balls.

[Larryw7]

That book is very undervalued. That's probably the best GA origin of Superman I've ever read. 

[William-James88]

haha, this is so awesome, thanks for sharing!

Also, looks I found the inspiration for this:

[ttfitz]

On 1/12/2022 at 10:07 PM, skypinkblu said:

Thanks, Jon...I didn't know that. 

I never even knew he was in this series until I found the More Fun issues on eBay. I knew about Adventure and Superboy...but not these. 

Then again I had never heard of GA comics before eBay...

I only recently added More Fun to my wantlist after winning a copy of Adventure Comics #103, and realizing there were the 7 issues of More Fun with earlier Superboy stories in them.

Thanks for  posting.