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25April-May 1953
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Superboy #25

DC · April-May 1953 · on sale 1953-02-09

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Series
Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#25
Publication date
April-May 1953
Key date
1953-04-00
On-sale date
1953-02-09
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Cinderella of Smallville!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperboy; Lana Lang
2The Super-Artist of Smallvillecomic story9.67script: Edmond Hamilton; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John FischettiSuperboy
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6Superman Says: "People Are People!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
7The Boy Who Framed Clark Kentcomic story10script: John Broome; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaSuperboy; Martha Kent; Jonathan Kent (bald); Larry Wilks
8-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11Wheels on the Movetext article2letters: typeset
12-activity0.67script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
14You Can Make a Rocket-Ship!activity1pencils: Al McLean; inks: Al McLean
15The Cinderella of Smallvillecomic story10script: Bill Finger; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaSuperboy; Lana Lang; Professor Lang; Mrs. Lang; Mr. Kreech; Mrs. Kreech
16All-Star Western; Adventure Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5.66 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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