Superboy #71

The cover of this 1959 DC ten-center tells the whole story at a glance: a miniature Superboy — billed as "Super-Baby" — gleefully inflates a car tire to bursting while an alarmed man tries to stop him, as an older couple looks on in dismay, with a caption warning that little Clark's super-powers have been spotted by the neighbors. Curt Swan's pencils and Stan Kaye's inks give the scene a wonderfully light, domestic charm that perfectly suits the issue's featured tale, "The Stolen Stunts of Super-Baby," alongside a bonus Krypto, the Flying Super-Dog story. It's a delightful snapshot of the Silver Age at its most playful, with Otto Binder and George Papp's storytelling waiting inside.