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Issue Details

Issue #53
Published December 1956
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "Superboy's Switch in Time!"

Characters Superman; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Ray Burnley

8 page Superboy story "The Suit of Steel"

Characters Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Superboy
Synopsis Superboy has to hide his costume and it is found by some hobos.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela

Half page Little Pete filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page public service announcement "Gifts to the United Nations!"

Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Letters Ira Schnapp

Half page CinemAntics filler

Genre gag

8 page Superboy story "The Super-Zoo from Krypton"

Characters Superboy; Professor Lang; Kryptonite; Blacky Stone
Synopsis Professor Lang discovers a bunch of eggs from Krypton.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Reprinted in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #174 (June 1971)

1 page Varsity Vic filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page text article "How to Be a Ventriloquist"

Letters typeset
Notes text page

8 page Superboy story "Superboy's Switch in Time"

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.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman ?; Otto Binder ?
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Giunta ?; John Fischetti ?
Notes Bob Bailey credited the script to Otto Binder, 30 January 2005; Bob Hughes suggested Jerry Coleman, March 2009. Bob Bailey credited the inks to John Fischetti, 30 January 2005; Bob Hughes suggested John Giunta, March 2009.
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 (May 1964)