Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	April 1955
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "The Magic Necklace!"

Characters	Superboy; Lana Lang
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "Don't Be Afraid to Speak Up!"

Genre	funny animals
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Rube Grossman
Inks	Rube Grossman
Letters	Ira Schnapp

8 page Superboy story "The Boy of Clay!"

Characters	Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Prof. Lang; kryptonite
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein?
Notes	Inks credit from by Bob Hughes, July 2005; the original indexer credited John Fischetti?.

1 page Superboy's Workshop activity "X-Ray Box"

Genre

superhero

8 page Superboy story "The School for Geniuses!"

Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Coleman
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	John Sikela
Notes	Script credit from Martin O'Hearn

1 page Jerry Jitterbug filler

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

2 page text article "Adventure in the Skies"

Script	Jack Miller
Letters	typeset

8 page Superboy story "The Magic Necklace!"

Characters	Lana Lang; Prof Lang
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	John Sikela
Notes	Script credit from Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted	in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #4; in Superboy Adventure Book 1957-8 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd. (London), 1958 series) #1

1 page Bebe filler

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