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19April-May 1952
$0.10

Superboy #19

DC · April-May 1952 · on sale 1952-02-04

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Series
Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#19
Publication date
April-May 1952
Key date
1952-04-00
On-sale date
1952-02-04
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Death of Young Clark Kent!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperboy; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent
1Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Gaspar Saladino
2The Death of Young Clark Kent!comic story11.67script: John Broome; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaMartha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Superboy
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8The Riddle of the Rarest Animals!comic story9.67script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaLana Lang (red hair); Martha Kent; Professor Tom Lang; Mrs. Lang; Basil Jennings; Superboy
10The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dogpromo (ad from the publisher)1
11How to Make It!activity1
12Our Gifted Childrentext article2letters: typeset
13-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
14The School without a Teacher!comic story9.67script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John FischettiSuperboy

Plus 4.82 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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