Issue Details

Issue	#16
Published	September-October 1951
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Strange Costumes of Superboy!"

Characters	Superboy; Lana Lang
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Sikela; Win Mortimer; Al Plastino
Inks	Ed Dobrotka, Win Mortimer, Al Plastino
Notes	cover is a paste-up of work by different artists

12 page Superboy story "The Strange Costumes of Superboy"

Characters	Lana Lang, Ma Kent
Synopsis	Lana promises to eat Superboy's cape if he can prove he's not Clark Kent.
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz?
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	Ed Dobrotka?
Notes	writer credit by Bob Hughes 4/05. Inker id by Bob Hughes 7/05.

Half page activity "Cartoon Cris-Cross"

Notes

puzzle

12 page Superboy story "The Worst Circus on Earth!"

Synopsis	Superboy brings a run down circus to Smallville and then has to help spruce the acts up.
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz?
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	Ed Dobrotka
Notes	writer credit by Bob Hughes 4/05. Inker id by Bob Hughes 7/05.

Half page Private Pete 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 story "A Sappy Story"

Script	B Fairbanks
Letters	typeset
Notes	text page

1 page Superboy's Workshop activity "Remote Control Magnetic Derrick"

Genre

superhero

12 page Superboy story "Superboy on Mars!"

Characters	Marsboy second appearance, Lana Lang, kryptonite
Synopsis	Superboy and Marsboy switch places to see who has an easier life.
Genre	superhero
Script	William Woolfolk
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Fischetti
Notes	writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, inker credit by Bob Hughes 4/05

Half page Jerry Jitterbug filler

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

Half page Quick Quiz activity

Script	H, T, Elmo (signed)
Pencils	H. T. Elmo (signed)
Inks	H, T, Elmo (signed)
Notes	puzzle

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Old Folks Are People, Too!"

Genre	teen; humor
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	inside back cover