Superboy #38 (1955) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Public Chimp No. 1	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray Burnley	Superboy; Bongo
2	The Impossible Illusions!	comic story	6	pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela	Zazar
5	Through the Eyes of Superboy!	comic story	5.67	script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela	Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent
6	Now More Than Ever	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
7	-	comic story	0.5	script: Harry Lampert; pencils: Harry Lampert; inks: Harry Lampert; letters: Harry Lampert
9	-	comic story	2	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
10	Willy	comic story	1	script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube; letters: Phil Berube
11	The Ghost Ship of Kwajalein	text article	2	script: Howard Dewey; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
13	-	activity	0.5	script: Martin Naydel; pencils: Martin Naydel; inks: Martin Naydel; letters: Martin Naydel
14	Make a Real Steam Boat!	activity	1	pencils: Tommy Nicolosi; inks: Tommy Nicolosi
15	Public Chimp Number One!	comic story	8	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein	Bongo; Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent

Plus 8 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
DC Finest: Superboy: The Superdog from Krypton #[nn] ISBN 978-1-79950-136-7	2025	On eBay ›

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