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Issue Details

Issue #20
Published June-July 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 44
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Ghost That Haunted Smallville!"

Characters Superboy; Jor-El
Genre superhero
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer

1 page Superman public service announcement "Hop On the Welfare Wagon!"

Genre superhero
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Colors b&w
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes inside front cover

9 page Superboy story "The Ghost that Haunted Smallville!"

Characters Jor-El
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Fischetti
Notes 1st Superboy story that indicates he knows he's from Krypton?

Half page Peg filler

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

9 page Superboy story "Superboy's Safety Code!"

Characters Chief Brann (Smallville Police)
Synopsis Superboy starts a safety club for bicycle riders, but Mel Blake thinks his bike is too cool to have safety equipment.
Genre superhero
Pencils John Sikela
Inks Ed Dobrotka?
Notes inker id by Bob Hughes 7/05

1 page Casey the Cop filler

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

2 page text article "So You Want to be a Paratrooper?"

Script Bob Kent
Letters typeset
Notes text page

Half page Varsity Vic filler

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

1 page Fireman Pete filler

9 page Superboy story "The Dragon Teeth Soldiers!"

Genre superhero
Script Gardner Fox
Pencils John Sikela
Inks Ed Dobrotka?
Notes writer id by Martin O'Hearn. inker id by Bob Hughes 7/05

1 page Superboy's Workshop activity "Tumbling Clown"

Genre superhero