441 – Super Suit Origins

A panel from Superboy #8, March 1950
A panel from Superboy #8, March 1950

In Superboy #8 (March 1950), we get a little more world-building in a story that depicts the first appearance of Super-Baby / Super-Toddler and shows where Superboy’s super-suit was inspired from. Ma Kent sews blankets from the Kryptonian rocket into play clothes and gives him a cape.

Another story in the issue has Superboy tricked into not touching thee Earth for 24 hours, and simultaneously tries to explain how Superboy is able to fly, which is strictly by leaping off a surface. Sadly it does not explain how he changes direction or winds up getting where he wants to go, but it does show Clark getting out of this pickle by “treading air”.

Another panel from Superboy #8, March 1950
Another panel from Superboy #8, March 1950