Superboy
#53
(December 1956)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1956-09-30
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Suit of Steel
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Superboy
- Synopsis
- Superboy has to hide his costume and it is found by some hobos.
[no title indexed]
Little Pete / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's Pete. Let him settle the argument!
- Genre
- humor; children
Wings and Winnie Winchester Help Capture Gorilla
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Genre
- adventure
[no title indexed]
CinemAntics / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- May I ask, sir, why you're standing sideways?
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
from The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (DC, 1949 series) #2 (December 1949-January 1950)
-
The Super Zoo from Krypton
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Professor Lang; Blacky Stone
- Synopsis
- Professor Lang discovers a bunch of eggs from Krypton.
- Reprints
-
in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #11 ([April 1957]) -
in Superboy Annual (Atlas Publishing, 1953 series) #1958-59 ([1958]) - in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #174 (May-June 1971)
-
- Keywords
- kryptonite
Indexer Notes
The reprint in Superboy #174 includes a hyphen in the title (Super-Zoo).
[no title indexed]
Varsity Vic / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's Roger!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #24 ([April 1957])
-
Superboy's Switch in Time
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Jerry Coleman ?; Otto Binder ?
- Pencils
- Curt Swan
- Inks
- John Giunta ?; John Fischetti ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Professor Weldon; Lana Lang; Superboy
- Synopsis
- Prof. Weldon's machine transmits Superboy into the future, so Superman is sent to the past to replace him.
- Reprints
- in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 (May 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
Bob Bailey credited the script to Otto Binder; Bob Hughes suggested Jerry Coleman. Bob Bailey credited the inks to John Fischetti; Bob Hughes suggested John Giunta.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Superboy's Switch in Time!
Superboy -
1.
Draw Bob Hope!
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
The Suit of Steel
Superboy -
3.
["Here's Pete. Let him settle the argument!"]
Little Pete -
4.
Wings and Winnie Winchester Help Capture Gorilla
Winchester Super Speed Roller Skates -
5.
Gifts to the United Nations!
-
6.
["May I ask, sir, why you're standing sideways?"]
CinemAntics -
7.
[no title indexed]
Smith Brothers Cough Drops -
8.
The Super Zoo from Krypton
Superboy -
9.
["There's Roger!"]
Varsity Vic -
10.
[no title indexed]
Movyland Studios; Dean Studios -
11.
How to Be a Ventriloquist
-
12.
Superboy's Switch in Time
Superboy -
13.
[no title indexed]
The National Sports Council -
14.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamp Co. -
15.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
16.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Allen Ross
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
- James Zee
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