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Issue Details

Issue #242
Published November 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The Kid From Krypton!"

Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Superboy story "The Kid from Krypton"

Characters Zar-Al, another Krypton refugee
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #129 (May 1966)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher)

Pencils Bob Brown (Tomahawk); Al Plastino (Superman)
Inks Bob Brown (Tomahawk); Al Plastino (Superman)
Notes House Ad for Tomahawk and Superman for November, 1957; numbers are not readable. Noted for historical purposes.

Half page Jerry Jitterbug filler "The Record"

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

1 page filler "Funny Facts"

Genre fact
Notes may be a reprint

6 page Aquaman story "The Amazing Feats of Aqua-Melvin"

Genre superhero
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon

1 page text story "The First Football Game"

Letters typeset

1 page Little Pete filler "The Game"

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

1 page Superboy's Workshop activity "Magic Ballroom"

Reprinted from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #23

6 page Green Arrow story "The Return of Robin Hood"

Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Reprinted In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #22 July 1958

1 page public service announcement "Teddy Roosevelt Guardian of Nature"

Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Public Service page