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17November-December 1951
$0.10

Superboy #17

DC · November-December 1951 · on sale 1951-09-26

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Identification plate

Series
Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#17
Publication date
November-December 1951
Key date
1951-11-00
On-sale date
1951-09-26
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Superboy's Double!cover1pencils: John Sikela; inks: Stan KayeSuperboy
1Superman Says: "The World Is Our Schoolroom!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
2Clark Kent...Problem Pupil!comic story12script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaMa Kent; Pa Kent; Superboy
5-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
6The Man Who Shadowed Superboy!comic story11.67script: John Broome; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaLuke Folsom; Superboy
9-activity0.67script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo
11Young Heroestext article2letters: typeset
12Superboy's Double!comic story10script: Bill Finger; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John FischettiLana Lang (blond); Superboy
13Enter Here -- If You Dare!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 4.16 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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