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Issue Details

Issue #237
Published June 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (Managing Editor), Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)

Cover Details - "The Robot War of Smallville!"

Characters Jonathan Kent (robot); Martha Kent (robot)
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Superboy story "The Robot War of Smallville"

Characters Superboy; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Prof Lang; green kryptonite; Interplanetary Vigilantes; Superboy robot (not built by Superboy)
Synopsis Superboy returns to Smallville after a trip and finds that everyone has been turned into robots.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Notes No appearance of any group remotely resembling the Legion in this story- despite what it says in various Overstreet volumes. Writer id by Martin O'Hearn- corrected 8/05. Previously attributed to Otto Binder.

1 page Sgt. Bilko advertisement "Sgt. Bilko #1"

1 page public service announcement "Worldwide Adventures in Science!"

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

1 page Ollie filler "New account"

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

6 page Aquaman story "The Secret of the Sea King"

Characters Aquaman; Roy Mason
Genre superhero
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon

Half page activity "Quick Quiz"

2 page text article "How to Become an Expert Pitcher"

Genre Fact; Sports
Script Jack Miller
Letters typeset
Notes text w/illo

6 page Green Arrow story "The Home-Made Arrows"

Characters Green Arrow; Speedy; unnamed crooks (villains), Arrow-Cave
Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

1 page Lem 'n' Lime filler "Ribs"

Characters Lem; Lime
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff