Issue Details

Issue	#47
Published	March 1956
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "Superboy Meets Superman!"

Characters	Superman; Superboy
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4

8 page Superboy story "Clark Kent's Best Pal!"

Characters	Billy Todd (intro); Ma and Pa Kent
Synopsis	Despite his better judgement, Clark lets Billy Todd become his best friend, but Billy seems to be spying on him.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye?
Notes	Inker credit from art spotters Jim Kealy, Bob Hughes, & Pat Lang. Rehashed in Superboy 86. Billy Todd is a precursor to Pete Ross.
Reprinted	in Superboy Adventure Book 1957-8 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd. (London), 1958 series) #1

1 page Binky public service announcement "Healthy Teeth for You and Your Pet!"

Genre	teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp

1 page Shorty filler

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

8 page Superboy story "The 100 Grand Question!"

Characters	"Hijack" Hilton
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye?, Ray Burnley?
Notes	inker credits from art spotters Pat Lang (Stan Kaye), & Bob Hughes (Ray Burnley)(April 29, 2004).

Half page Little Pete filler

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

2 page text article "Bagging the African Buffalo"

Script	Jack Miller [as Jerry Marlowe]
Letters	typeset

8 page Superboy story "Superboy Meets Superman"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Superboy [Clark Kent]
Synopsis	Superboy accidentally flies through time to the future where he meets his grown-up self.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Giunta ?
Notes	Inker id by Bob Hughes 3/09. Formerly credited to John Fischetti.
Reprinted	in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4 (Winter 1962); in Super-Team Family (DC, 1975 series) #5 (June-July 1976)