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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