Issue Details

Issue	#12
Published	January-February 1951
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "3 Smash Adventures Starring the Boy of Steel"

Characters	Superboy
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino
Notes	Art credits supplied by Bob Hughes, April 2005; the original indexer credited Wayne Boring ? with both pencils and inks.

12 page Superboy story "The Heroes' Club!"

Characters	Jim Gordon (no relation to Commissioner Gordon in Batman)
Synopsis	A high school student tries to clear his ancestor's name.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger?
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Fischetti
Notes	writer id and inker id by Bob Hughes 4/05

12 page Superboy story "The Puppet That Came to Life!"

Characters	Twinkly the puppet, Carl Kent (Clark's cousin), Getaway Gatlin
Synopsis	A famous tv puppet seems to come to life on its own.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	Ed Dobrotka
Notes	inker id by Bob Hughes 7/05

Half page Jerry Jitterbug filler

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

1 page Peg filler

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

2 page text article "Hail to a New Caesar!"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Sid Caesar biography

Half page activity "Little Arhtur's Scramble Squares"

Notes

puzzle

1 page Superboy public service announcement "How to Bring Christmas Cheer"

Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Creig Flessel
Letters	Ira Schnapp

12 page Superboy story "Superboy's Problem Parents!"

Characters	Ma and Pa Kent. Ma named Marthe in this story.
Synopsis	Ma and Pa Kent switch jobs to see which has the harder work to do.
Genre	superhero
Script	William Woolfolk
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	Ed Dobrotka
Notes	writer id by Martin O'Hearn. Inker id by Bob Hughes 7/05

1 page Superboy's Workshop activity "Build a Rotoship!"