Issue Details

Issue	#52
Published	October 1956
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "Power-Boy of Earth!"

Characters	Power Boy; Superboy
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Inks credit from Bob Hughes, August 2005.

8 page Superboy story "The Heroine of Smallville"

Characters	Lana Lang; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Professor Lang
Synopsis	Lana believes an amulet her father has given her has magical properties.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	John Sikela

1 page Binky public service announcement "How to Spend a Summer Week!"

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

7 page Superboy story "The Power-Boy from Earth"

Characters	Power Boy of Juno (introduction); Superboy
Synopsis	Superboy visits an asteroid where he meets a boy with super powers just like his.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye ?
Notes	Inks credit from Bob Hughes, August 2005; original indexer credited John Fischetti. Story retold in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #85.
Reprinted	in Superboy Annual (DC, 1964 series) #1 (Summer 1964)

1 page story "Magic at Your Fingertips"

Letters	typeset
Notes	text page

Half page Varsity Vic filler

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

6 page Superboy story "The Super-Robot"

Characters	Superboy robot (not made by him); Pop Peabody; Silky; Monk
Synopsis	Two crooks try to peddle a Superboy robot that's supposed to have all his powers.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Giunta ?
Notes	Inks credit from Bob Hughes, March 2009; the original indexer credited John Fischetti.
Reprinted	in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #163 (March 1970)