Superboy #16

Three versions of Superboy soar across the cover of this 1951 DC gem, each wearing a wildly different outfit — a colorful striped costume, a black-and-white prisoner's uniform, and a golden suit — while in the foreground, a smiling Superboy in his familiar cape challenges a young companion (and the reader!) with the playful question: "Can YOU guess which is the oddest uniform I've ever worn?" Spotlighted story "The Strange Costumes of Superboy!" promises exactly the kind of imaginative, good-humored adventure that made this era of DC comics so endearing. At 52 big pages for a dime, this September–October issue — with cover work by John Sikela, Win Mortimer, and Al Plastino — is a thoroughly charming snapshot of Smallville's favorite son at his 1951 best.