Issue Details

Issue	#209
Published	February 1955
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (Managing Editor), Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)

Cover Details

Characters	Lana Lang
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

10 page Superboy story "Superboy Week"

Characters	"Booster" Sims, Lana Lang
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	John Sikela

1 page Binky public service announcement Special Christmas Quiz -- "Christmas in Many Lands!"

Synopsis	Short information on global Christmas customs accompanied by illustrations.
Genre	teen; fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Letters	Ira Schnapp

6 page Aquaman story "The Island That Vanished"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Ramona Fradon
Inks	Ramona Fradon

Half page Chip filler "Say It with Flowers"

Genre

Gags

Half page Varsity Vic filler "Double-dip chocolate soda"

Genre	Gags
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

2 page text article "Ships in Waiting"

Script	Ted Sammon
Pencils	Raymond Perry
Inks	Raymond Perry
Colors	Raymond Perry
Letters	typeset
Notes	text w/illo.
Reprinted	ALL HANDS

8 page Green Arrow story "The Origin of Speedy"

Characters	White Cloud, Chief Thunderhead, Speedy (origin), John and Anna Harper (flashback)
Synopsis	Speedy reveals how his parents were killed and he was raised by Chief Thundercloud.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Reprinted	in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #4; in Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #25 (October 1958) ?

1 page Supergram activity

Genre

puzzle