Issue Details

Issue	#54
Published	January 1957
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "The Silent Superboy"

Characters	Superboy
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Inks credit from World's Finest Guy, 21 January 2009

8 page Superboy story "Superboy's Substitute Suits"

Characters	Doc Ellison; Martha Kent; Superboy
Synopsis	Doc Ellison steals Superboy's costume and is selling criminals invulnerable copies of it. Meanwhile Superboy is wearing a costume made of regular cloth.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein ?
Notes	Inks credit from Bob Hughes, August 2005

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Famous Books Quiz"

Genre	teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
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 Sixth Clark Kent"

Characters	Superboy; Martha Kent; Lana Lang
Synopsis	Lawyers are searching for the heir to Phineas Baker's fortune- someone named "Clark Kent".
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Giunta ?
Notes	Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Inks credit from Bob Hughes, March 2009.
Reprinted	in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #336

1 page Little Imps filler

Half page Jerry Jitterbug filler

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

1 page text article "Partners in Peril"

Letters	typeset
Notes	text page

8 page Superboy story "The Silent Superboy"

Characters	Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; kryptonite; Superboy
Synopsis	A new type of H-bomb has sensitized the atmosphere to Superboy's voice so he cannot speak aloud for 24 hours.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	John Sikela