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39March 1955
$0.10

Superboy #39

DC · March 1955 · on sale 1955-01-04

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Identification plate

Series
Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#39
Publication date
March 1955
Key date
1955-03-00
On-sale date
1955-01-04
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Boy with Superboy Powers!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan KayeSuperboy; Chuck Trent
2The Boy Tycoon of Smallvillecomic story8pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaLester McBane
4-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
6The Great Kryptonite Hunt!comic story8pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George KleinDuke Dunner; Lana Lang
7-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8-comic story1script: Phil Berube; pencils: Phil Berube; inks: Phil Berube
9Navy Notestext article2letters: typeset
10The Boy with Superboy Powers!comic story8pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaChuck Trent

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

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DC Finest: Superboy: The Superdog from Krypton #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-79950-136-7
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