What is the oldest Superman/Superboy comic you own?

[Spiderboy12]

Superman was bi-montly?

Superman v1 was quarterly for #1-5, bi-monthly for #6-85, 8-10 times a year between #86-232 (never more than 8 original issues; the extra issues would have been all-reprint giants); monthly+ from #233 (again, never more than 12 original issues a year, with the extra issues being all-reprint giants in the early 1970s).

[Jim Kelly]

In fact the first issue of SUPERMAN was not even numbered or cover dated and might have been intended as a one-shot. It had two other print runs in the same year after it came out. I guess sales were good enough to justify a second issue. The first three issues were all reprints* (from ACTION COMICS and the newspaper dailies), before issue No. 4 that had original material.

This pattern of quarterly initially and then becoming bi-monthly was followed by BATMAN, ALL-STAR COMICS, WORLD'S FINEST COMICS, COMIC CAVALCADE, ALL-FUNNY COMICS, MUTT & JEFF, BOY COMMANDOS, ALL-FLASH, GREEN LANTERN and WONDER WOMAN.

*edit: The origin in SUPERMAN No. 1 did have added panels that weren't in ACTION COMICS No. 1.

[Spiderboy12]

Yes, the first issue of Superman was intended as a one-shot, but it sold so well that DC printed a second issue.

[mrbrklyn]

Superman v1 was quarterly for #1-5, bi-monthly for #6-85, 8-10 times a year between #86-232 (never more than 8 original issues; the extra issues would have been all-reprint giants); monthly+ from #233 (again, never more than 12 original issues a year, with the extra issues being all-reprint giants in the early 1970s).

Yes, I was reading in the 47th price guild the article about the Superman reprints being distinguished from Superman #1. It is interesting to read, if not hair splitting. I suppose that Superman #1 with a first print designation will in time seperate itself out in the market.

[Vinsanity]

I bought a Superboy issue when he was in Hawaii from a 2nd hand book store. Forgot the number though