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Issue Details

Issue	#223
Published	April 1956
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth, Jack Schiff (managing editor), Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan (story editors)

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

12 page Superboy story "Hercules, Junior"

Characters	Pa Kent
Synopsis	Superboy adopts a new secret identity to help a sea captain famous for helping others.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	inker credit per Bob Hughes, updated 8/04 (formerly given as John Fischetti)

1 page Binky public service announcement "It's Fun To Belong"

Characters	Allergy
Genre	Fact; teen
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer

6 page Aquaman story "The Sunken City of Gold"

Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	Ramona Fradon
Inks	Ramona Fradon
Notes	ink credit updated 8/04- confirmed by Charles Paris that he did not ink any Aquaman stories
Reprinted	in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #223 (May-June 1974)

2 page Varsity Vic filler "Oh gosh, Rain!"

Genre	teen; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

2 page text article "The ABC's of Archery"

Script	Jack Miller [as Jack Marston]
Letters	typeset

1 page Little Pete filler "Hello aunt Alice!"

Genre	children; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks	Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

6 page Green Arrow story "The Decoy Archer"

Synopsis	Green Arrow recruits a man of questionable character to be his understudy.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp