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Issue Details

Issue #58
Published July 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)

Cover Details - "The Great Kryptonite Mystery!"

Characters Superboy
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Ray Burnley

8 page Superboy story "The 100 New Feats of Superboy"

Characters Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #329

1 page Binky public service announcement Binky Shows "How to Make New Friends!"

Characters Binky; Allergy; Bob; Pete
Synopsis Binky suggests Allergy make friends with a new kid, Bob, but Pete does instead and then gets Allergy and the rest of the gang interested.
Genre teen; fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner
Letters Ira Schnapp

8 page Superboy story "Superboy's New Secret Identity"

Characters Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang
Synopsis Superboy moves into Lana's house and pretends to be her cousin Tommy in order to prove she can't keep a secret.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Reprinted in Supermann (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #9/1966

Half page Varsity Vic filler

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

1 page Superboy's Workshop activity Comics "Television" Viewer

Genre superhero

2 page text article "Five Famous Magic Tricks"

Letters typeset
Notes text page

8 page Superboy story "The Great Kryptonite Mystery"

Characters Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Kryptonite
Synopsis Superboy attempts to "vaccinate" himself against Kryptonite.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Ray Burnley
Notes Script credit from Bob Hughes, August 2005
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #227 (June-July 1970); in Supermann (Se-Bladene, 1966 series) #7/1966

2 page Shorty filler

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