| Issue | #283 |
| Published | April 1961 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Mort Weisinger |
| Notes | Letters page states that "Smallville is a suburb in an Eastern state of the United States." (Not Kansas.) |
| Characters | Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Superboy |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Curt Swan |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Characters | Superboy; Krypto; Lana Lang; Phantom Zone (intro); Clark Kent robot; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Dr. Xadu (intro); General Zod (intro) |
| Synopsis | After Professor Lang finds a box of Kryptonian weapons, Superboy is accidentally projected into the Phantom Zone, the place where Kryptonian criminals were exiled. But using mental telepathy he activates an electric typewriter and tells Pa Kent how to free him. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Robert Bernstein |
| Pencils | George Papp |
| Inks | George Papp |
| Notes | Based in part on the second Superman movie serial from 1950. |
| Reprinted | in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #165 (June 1970); in Superman: Tales from the Phantom Zone (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] |
| Synopsis | Has good luck "prospecting" and finds site for hot dog stand |
| Genre | gag |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
| Genre | fact |
| Script | Jack Schiff |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily |
| Inks | Bernard Baily |
| Characters | Janu; The Golden Lion (intro); Tim Tully (intro) |
| Synopsis | Congorilla-like lion |
| Genre | superhero; jungle |
| Script | Robert Bernstein |
| Pencils | Howard Sherman |
| Inks | Howard Sherman |
| Synopsis | Parents hide birthday present in Pete's messy closet |
| Genre | gag |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff |