Superboy
#54
(January 1957)
DC,
1949 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1956-11-18
- 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.
Superboy's Substitute Suits
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doc Ellison; Martha Kent; Superboy
- Synopsis
- Doc Ellison steals Superboy's costume and is selling criminals invulnerable copies of it. Meanwhile Superboy is wearing a costume made of regular cloth.
Indexer Notes
Inks credit from Bob Hughes.
Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; teen
[no title indexed]
Shorty / 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
- Shorty, will you give me hand painting my house?
- Genre
- humor
The Sixth Clark Kent
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superboy; Martha Kent; Lana Lang
- Synopsis
- Lawyers are searching for the heir to Phineas Baker's fortune, someone named "Clark Kent."
- Reprints
-
in Superboy (K. G. Murray, 1949 series) #105 ([November 1957] ?) -
in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #336 (September 1965)
-
Indexer Notes
Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Inks credit from Bob Hughes.
[no title indexed]
Little Imps / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What'll you boys have?
- Reprints
- from A Date with Judy (DC, 1947 series) #31 (October-November 1952)
-
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / 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
- Seeing the historic sites of America will broaden you, my boy!
- Genre
- humor
The Silent Superboy
Superboy / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Superboy
- Synopsis
- A new type of H-bomb has sensitized the atmosphere to Superboy's voice so he cannot speak aloud for 24 hours.
- Keywords
- kryptonite
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Silent Superboy
Superboy -
1.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products -
2.
Superboy's Substitute Suits
Superboy -
3.
[no title indexed]
Roadmaster -
4.
Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz
Buzzy -
5.
["Shorty, will you give me hand painting my house?"]
Shorty -
6.
The Sixth Clark Kent
Superboy -
7.
["What'll you boys have?"]
Little Imps -
8.
["Seeing the historic sites of America will broaden you, my boy!"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
9.
[no title indexed]
Winchester Roller Skates -
10.
Partners in Peril
-
11.
The Silent Superboy
Superboy -
12.
[no title indexed]
All-American Sports Club -
13.
[no title indexed]
Nutty Putty -
14.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
15.
[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
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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