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Issue Details

Issue #36
Published October 1954
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "Superboy's Sister!"

Characters Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Superboy
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Inks credit supplied by Bob Hughes, July 2005

10 page Superboy story "The Superboy Souvenirs!"

Characters Lana Lang
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes inker id by Bob Hughes 7/05

1 page Bebe filler

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

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "School Blues!"

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

10 page Superboy story "Superboy's Sister!"

Synopsis When Mr and Mrs Lang appear to have died in Africa the Kents assume the guardianship of Lana. But the kicker is - a couple of criminals decide Lana is secretly Superboy!
Genre superhero
Script William Woolfolk?
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Notes writer id by Bob Hughes

1 page Varsity Vic filler

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

1 page Superboy's Workshop activity "Tricky Returning Can / Piggy Bank"

Genre superhero

2 page text article "S.O.S. - Crew Ditching"

Script Lt. Bob Prouhet, USN
Letters typeset
Notes text page, reprinted from ALL HANDS, Bureau of Naval Personnel

10 page Superboy story "The Man Who Knew Superboy's Identity!"

Characters Pa Kent (with hair), Ma Kent, Lana Lang, The Mask (intro)
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Sy Barry
Notes inker id by Bob Hughes 7/05
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #328