Issue Details

Issue	#238
Published	July 1957
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth; Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)

Cover Details - "The Secret Past of Superboy's Father!"

Characters	Superboy; Jor-El; Lara; Kan-Tu; Krypton
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

12 page Superboy story "The Secret Past of Superboy's Father"

Characters	Superboy; Jor-El; Lara; Kan-Tu [Doc Holton] (villain); Krypton; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; green kryptonite
Synopsis	Superboy dreams that his father stole his rocket design from another Kryptonian scientist.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley

1 page Binky public service announcement Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!"

Characters	Binky; Allergy; Bob; Pete
Synopsis	Binky suggests Allergy make friends with a new kid, Bob, but Pete does instead and then gets Allergy and the rest of the gang interested.
Genre	fact; teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bob Oksner
Inks	Bob Oksner
Letters	Ira Schnapp

Half page Bebe filler "Where were you born?"

Genre	children; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

6 page Aquaman story "The Floating Doom"

Characters	Aquaman; unnamed pirates (villains)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Ramona Fradon
Inks	Ramona Fradon
Notes	In the Artima reprint, the inking credit is given to Charles Paris.
Reprinted	In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #19 April 1958

Half page Varsity Vic filler "Warm welcome"

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

2 page text article "Part-Time Explorers"

Letters

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6 page Green Arrow story "The Perils of the Polka-Dot Archer"

Characters	Green Arrow; Speedy; The Polka-Dot Archer
Synopsis	The Polka Dot Archer is a clown who mimics Green Arrow.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Reprinted	In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #17 February 1958

1 page Lem 'n' Lime filler "Nice day for hunting"

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