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Cover of Superboy (1949) #103

Superboy (1949) #103

DC 1949–1977 series Cover date Mar 1963

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About this issue

Superboy #103 (1949) is issue #103 of DC's Superboy (1949–1977), with a cover date of March 1963. Written by Henry Boltinoff and Edmond Hamilton and drawn by Henry Boltinoff and Curt Swan.

Creators

Writers
Henry Boltinoff, Edmond Hamilton
Pencillers
Henry Boltinoff, Curt Swan
Inkers
Henry Boltinoff, George Klein
Letterer
Henry Boltinoff
Cover artists
George Klein, Curt Swan

The stories

“The Three Ages of Superboy! Part I: Land of the Pharaohs!”

Trying to help his science teacher Mr. Larkin, Superboy chases three red kryptonite meteors through the time barrier. In ancient Egypt he helps build a pyramid and forces the pharaoh to stop enslaving his workers. The red kryptonite turns him into a lion-human hybrid, and the workers create the sphinx in his memory.

“The Three Ages of Superboy! Part II] The Secret of the Black Knight!”

In Medieval England Arthur encounters Merlin, whose magic turns out to be early scientific inventions. When Sir Arthur disappears before the tournament, Superboy challenges the Black Knight, who fights him with a red kryptonite mace, which makes Superboy magnetic. This enables him to find Sir Arthur, unmask the Black Knight as Merlin, and help Arthur draw the sword from the stone. Arthur and Merlin reconcile, and the new king marries the Lady Guinevere.

“The Three Ages of Superboy! Part III] The Wild West of Jesse James!”

In 1871 Missouri Superboy joins Doc. Langdon's medicine show while he searches for the red kryptonite, meantime foiling crimes by Jesse James. The James gang find the red kryptonite and make bullets to force Superboy to help them, but he is turned into a double of Jesse James, a fact he uses to corral the gang. But a posse chases "Jesse" (Superboy) until Krypto arrives. Superboy uses the red kryptonite to change Krypto to a horse so they can escape until their powers return and they go back to their own time.

Super-Turtle rushes into a theater to remove a bomb, but gets interested in the movie instead.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.