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28October-November 1953
$0.10

Superboy #28

DC · October-November 1953 · on sale 1953-08-03

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Series
Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#28
Publication date
October-November 1953
Key date
1953-10-00
On-sale date
1953-08-03
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
44

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Man Who Defeated Superboy!cover1pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win MortimerSuperboy; Foxy Phil
2The Luckiest Boy in the World!comic story10pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaMartha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang; Superboy
4Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
5-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7The Man Who Defeated Superboy!comic story9.67script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaSuperboy; Foxy Phil; Lana Lang
9-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11Binky Says: "Give Your Pet All the Breaks!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
12Heroes on Land and Sea!text article2script: Jack Miller
13-activity0.5script: H. T. Elmo; pencils: H. T. Elmo; inks: H. T. Elmo; letters: H. T. Elmo
15-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
16The Boy Who Proved the Impossible!comic story9.67script: John Broome; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Sy BarryLana Lang; Alan; Superboy
18The Line of Stars Presents Coming Attractionspromo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 6.32 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

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