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Issue Details

Issue #216
Published September 1955
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth; Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)

Cover Details - "The Wizard City!"

Characters Superboy; Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Superboy story "The Wizard City"

Characters Jimmy Olsen; Prof Mark Olsen (intro); Vedders
Synopsis When a criminal hides in a city composed entirely of kryptonite, Superboy needs the help of Professor Olsen to capture him.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks George Klein
Notes inker id by Bob Hughes
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #232 (December 1970-January 1971); in Superboy: The Greatest Team-Ups Ever Told (DC, 2010 series) #[nn]

Half page Shorty filler "What A Swell Day"

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Aquaman story "The Invasion of the Sea-Men"

Synopsis Aquaman has to fight off alien invaders underwater.
Genre superhero
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon

1 page Little Pete filler "Don't you think you're too old to be begging for dimes?"

Genre children; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

2 page text article "Animal Acrobats"

Genre fact
Script Jack Miller [as John Mallon]
Letters typeset

6 page Green Arrow story "The World's Most Dangerous Game"

Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted in Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #23