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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!"