Superboy (Volume 1) 1-258 series + Annuals

Superboy (Volume 1) began publication in March-April of 1949. At first published as a bi-monthly comic book, DC began scheduling Superboy for eight issues a year beginning with issue #29. By 1966, DC began distributing nine issues of Superboy per year and the title eventually became a monthly series in 1972. By issue #197, Superboy began having adventures in the 30th century with his friends, the Legion of Super-Heroes. Beginning that same issue, the Legion became reoccurring characters in the series, and even shared cover credit on each issue. With issue #222, the title officially changed to Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes. By the end of 1979, Superboy returned to the 20th century, and with issue #259 the series became known as the Legion of Super-Heroes.