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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)