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Issue Details

Issue #239
Published August 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (Managing Editor), Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan (story editors)

Cover Details

Characters Krypto
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #nn

12 page Superboy story "The Super-Tricks of the Dog of Steel"

Characters Krypto; Lana Lang, kryptonite
Synopsis After being hit by a meteor, Krypto learns to talk. And Superboy becomes jealous of all the attention he's getting.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Notes Proto-Red Kryptonite story. Writer id by Bob Hughes 8/05.

1 page public service announcement "Earn While You Learn!"

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

1 page Lionel and His Lions filler "Head in the Lion's Mouth"

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

6 page Green Arrow story "The Classroom Archer"

Characters The Trickster (not the Flash villain)
Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #19 April 1958

1 page Elvin filler "The Lecturer"

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

Half page Jerry Jitterbug filler "The Girl Lifeguard"

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

1 page text article "Danger of the Deep"

Letters typeset

6 page Aquaman story "The Voyage of the Good Ship Aquaman"

Genre superhero
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon