The Best Present of All!
Binky in "The Best Present of All!"<br /><br />Comic description: A young boy named Allergy laments that he wasn't able to buy nicer presents for his father and Binky because he doesn't have as much money as they do. His father tells him that because he donated money to charity, sang Christmas carols to the elderly, and fixed up toys for children in the hospital, he gave the best present that anyone can actually give. He gave "real thought for other people's happiness". <br /><br />[Image description: The cover of the comic shows superboy being shot out of a cannon. Two men look on in surprise. One says "What--? That's not a cannonball we shot out! It's Clark kent--No, it's SUPERBOY!".]<br /><br /><span>Public service comic published as a part of the National Social Welfare Assembly Comics Project. The Comics Project lasted from August 1949 - July 1967 and produced over 200 pages promoting citizenship and social values. </span><br /><br /><span>Publisher's Note: "Published as a public service in cooperation with The National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S."<br /><br /><br /></span>
<span class="credit_label">Script: </span><span class="credit_value">Jack Schiff<br /></span><span class="credit_label">Pencils: </span><span class="credit_value">Bob Oksner<br /></span><span class="credit_label">Inks: </span><span class="credit_value">Bob Oksner<br /></span><span class="credit_label"></span><span class="credit_label">Letters: </span><span class="credit_value">Ira Schnapp</span>
<a href="https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/56946" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Superboy: The Boy Wizard no.46 JAN 1956</a> James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
DC Comics
1956 January
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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How to Spend a Summer Week!
Binky shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"<br /><br />Comic description: Binky continues to provide Pete with options of fun things to do during the summer like going to the museum, the library, or the beach. Pete always responds that he does not want to go. In the final panel Binky says "Don't be like Pete. There's summer fun in your own home town! Look for it and you'll find it!"<br /><br />[Image description: The cover shows Powerboy using super-strength to keep two cars from crashing into each other. Superboy flies in the air above him and says "Terriffic! This is one place in the Universe where I can relax!"]<br /><br />Public service comic published as a part of the National Social Welfare Assembly Comics Project. The Comics Project lasted from August 1949 - July 1967 and produced over 200 pages promoting citizenship and social values. <br /><br />Publisher's Note: "Published as a public service in cooperation with The National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S."
Script: Jack Schiff <br />Pencils: Win Mortimer <br />Inks: Win Mortimer <br /><span class="credit_label">Letters: </span><span class="credit_value">Ira Schnapp</span>
<a href="https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/56947" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Superboy: The Heroine of Smallville no.52 OCT 1956</a> James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
DC Comics
1956 October
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Wanted: A Teen-Age Code [public service comic]
<span><span>Public service comic published as a part of the National Social Welfare Assembly Comics Project. The Comics Project lasted from August 1949 - July 1967 and produced over 200 pages promoting citizenship and social values. <br /><br /></span></span>Publisher's Note: "Published as a public service in cooperation with The National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S." <br /><br />Comic description: After a disasterous experience crashing Sally Perkins' party, Dave apologizes and proposes creating a teen code of behavior to avoid future unhappiness. <br /><br />Second [Image Description: Superboy comic book cover. Superboy projects heat rays from his eyes to toast marshmallows in the living room fireplace. The family sits nearby.]
Script: Jack Schiff
Pencils: Ruben Moreira
Inks: Ruben Moreira
<a href="https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/56948" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Superboy: The Story of Superboy's Sister no.62 JAN 1958</a> James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
DC Comics
1958 January
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Builders of the Future!
Public service comic published as a part of the National Social Welfare Assembly Comics Project. The Comics Project lasted from August 1949 - July 1967 and produced over 200 pages promoting citizenship and social values. <br /><br />Comic Description: The comic shows how, with funding and help from UNESCO, children in Africa were able to get a school built near their home so that children in their area would be able to receive an education. The last panel of the comic says "UNESCO is the United Nation's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and it is helping to increase understanding among people of all nations, so we can grow up in a peaceful world."<br /><br />[Image Description: The cover shows a hunk of kryptonite being catapulted by two men from a tank directly at Superboy who is flying in the air. Kid Psycho saves superboy by projecting a shield from his eyes that deflect the kryptonite. A talk balloon from Superboy says "You've saved me again, Kid Psycho...this time with an anti-kryptonite shield projected by your... eyes! What I'd give to have your powers!"]<br /><br />Publisher's Note: "Published as a public service in cooperation with The National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S."
Script: Jack Schiff
Letters: Ira Schnapp
<a href="https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/items/show/56949" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Superboy: The Bald Boy of Steel no.125 DEC 1965</a> James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
DC Comics
1965 December
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