Issue Details

Issue	#53
Published	December 1956
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "Superboy's Switch in Time!"

Characters	Superman; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley

8 page Superboy story "The Suit of Steel"

Characters	Lana Lang; Martha Kent; Superboy
Synopsis	Superboy has to hide his costume and it is found by some hobos.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	John Sikela

Half page Little Pete filler

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

1 page public service announcement "Gifts to the United Nations!"

Genre	fact
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Letters	Ira Schnapp

Half page CinemAntics filler

Genre

gag

8 page Superboy story "The Super-Zoo from Krypton"

Characters	Superboy; Professor Lang; Kryptonite; Blacky Stone
Synopsis	Professor Lang discovers a bunch of eggs from Krypton.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	John Sikela
Reprinted	in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #174 (June 1971)

1 page Varsity Vic filler

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

1 page text article "How to Be a Ventriloquist"

Letters	typeset
Notes	text page

8 page Superboy story "Superboy's Switch in Time"

Characters	Superman; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Professor Weldon; Lana Lang; Superboy
Synopsis	Prof. Weldon's machine transmits Superboy into the future, so Superman is sent to the past to replace him.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Coleman ?; Otto Binder ?
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Giunta ?; John Fischetti ?
Notes	Bob Bailey credited the script to Otto Binder, 30 January 2005; Bob Hughes suggested Jerry Coleman, March 2009. Bob Bailey credited the inks to John Fischetti, 30 January 2005; Bob Hughes suggested John Giunta, March 2009.
Reprinted	in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #320 (May 1964)