Superboy #40 (1955) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Magic Necklace!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye	Superboy; Lana Lang
1	Peter Porkchops Says: "Don't Be Afraid to Speak Up!"	public service announcement	1	script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Rube Grossman; inks: Rube Grossman; letters: Ira Schnapp
2	The Boy of Clay!	comic story	8	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George Klein	Jonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Prof. Lang
3	Leave It to Binky; World's Finest Comics	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
4	Make This X-Ray Box	activity	1
5	The School for Geniuses!	comic story	8	script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela
7	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8	Adventure in the Skies	text article	2	script: Jack Miller
9	The Magic Necklace!	comic story	8	script: Alvin Schwartz; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela	Lana Lang; Prof Lang
10	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 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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