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Issue Details

Issue #22
Published October-November 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 44
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The New Clark Kent!"

Characters Superboy; Lana Lang
Genre superhero
Pencils John Sikela
Inks Ed Dobrtoka ?
Notes cover same as splash page of "The New Clark Kent." Inks credit supplied Bob Hughes, July 2005

1 page Binky public service announcement "What Do You Know about Other People?"

Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer

10 page Superboy story "The Noah's Ark from Space!"

Characters Lana Lang; Prof Lang
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils John Sikela
Inks Ed Dobrotka?
Notes writer id by Martin O'Hearn; inker id by Bob Hughes 7/05. Formerly John Sikela.

Half page Shorty filler

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

10 page Superboy story "Superboy and the Sleeping Beauty!"

Characters Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang; Prof. Lang; Org; Norg; Axel; Maxel; Jaxel; Alice
Synopsis When Lana brings authentic African artifacts from her father's collection for the Smallville High School Drama Club to use, she is accidentally pricked by a blow gun dart and falls asleep. Superboy must acquire the antidote within three days -- all the while convincing Prof. Lang that nothing is wrong with Lana -- or Lana will die.
Genre superhero
Script Ed Herron
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Fischetti
Notes writer id by Martin O'Hearn
Reprinted in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #nn; in Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1992 series) #nn

Half page Professor Eureka filler "String on Finger][First Line: Hmm - what is that to remind me of ?"

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Title and first line from Arthur Lortie, added August 2006.

1 page Shorty filler

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

2 page story "Rainbow at Your Feet"

Letters typeset
Notes text page

Half page Quick Quiz activity

Letters typeset
Notes puzzle

Half page Varsity Vic filler

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

10 page Superboy story "The New Clark Kent!"

Characters Lana Lang, Ma and Pa Kent
Synopsis Prof Cyrus Vanning offers to make Clark as brave as Superboy
Genre superhero
Script William Woolfolk
Pencils John Sikela
Inks Ed Dobrotka?
Notes writer id by Martin O'Hearn. Inker id by Bob Hughes 7/05. Formerly John Sikela.

1 page Superboy's Workshop activity "Wireless Electric Motor"

Genre superhero