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Issue Details

Issue #59
Published September 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "Superboy's Underground Exile!"

Characters Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Superboy
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

8 page Superboy story "Superboy's Underground Exile"

Synopsis After a missile test, Superboy has to remain underground.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Reprinted in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #335

1 page Hy Wire filler

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

8 page Superboy story "Superboy Meets Amazing Man"

Characters Luthor (1st appearance in Superboy)
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Notes Luthor (as an adult) appearance, contradicted by later continuity. Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

1 page public service announcement "Danger: Prejudice at Work"

Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Letters Ira Schnapp

1 page text article "So You Want to be a Detective?"

Letters typeset
Notes text page

8 page Superboy story "The Super-Dreams of Superbaby"

Characters Superbaby (flashback); Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang
Genre superhero
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela