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Issue Details

Issue	#28
Published	October-November 1953
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	44
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "The Man Who Defeated Superboy!"

Characters	Superboy; Foxy Phil
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer

10 page Superboy story "The Luckiest Boy in the World!"

Characters	Ma and Pa Kent, Lana Lang
Synopsis	A newspaper does a feature on lucky people and decides Clark Kent is the luckiest boy alive, because of all his close shaves with death.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	Ed Dobrotka?
Notes	inker id by Bob Hughes 7/05. Previously John Sikela.

Half page Jerry Jitterbug filler

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

9 page Superboy story "The Man Who Defeated Superboy!"

Characters	Foxy Phil; Lana Lang
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Coleman ?
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	Ed Dobrotka ?
Notes	Foxy Phil is a dead ringer for J. Wilbur Wolfingham. Inks credit supplied by Bob Hughes, July 2005; the original indexer credited John Sikela. Script credit supplied by Bob Hughes.

Half page Varsity Vic filler

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

1 page Binky public service announcement "Give Your Pet All the Breaks!"

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

2 page story "Heroes on Land and Sea!"

Script	Capt. Jeb Manton
Notes	text page

Half page Quick Quiz activity

Script	H. T. Elmo
Pencils	H. T. Elmo
Inks	H. T. Elmo
Letters	H. T. Elmo
Notes	puzzle. Credit from Craig Delich 9/05

1 page Little Pete filler

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

9 page Superboy story "The Boy Who Proved the Impossible!"

Characters	Lana Lang, Alan
Synopsis	Alan tries to prove Clark is not Superboy so that Lana will go out with him instead.
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Samachson?
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Sy Barry
Notes	writer and Inker Id by Bob Hughes 4/05