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42July 1955
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Superboy #42

DC · July 1955 · on sale 1955-05-24

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Identification plate

Series
Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#42
Publication date
July 1955
Key date
1955-07-00
On-sale date
1955-05-24
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 Gaucho of Smallville!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan KayeSuperboy
2Superboy's Two Rivalscomic story8pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaJonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Josh Rawlings; Peter Valadny; Midge Willis; Doc
3The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis; Leave It to Binkypromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Bob Oksner; inks: Bob OksnerDean Martin; Jerry Lewis; Binky Biggs
4Binky Says "Family Projects Can Be Fun!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
5Superboy, Stowaway!comic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: George KleinLana Lang; Prof Lang
6-comic story2script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7The Fastest Thing on Earthtext article2script: Joe Mallon; pencils: Raymond Perry; inks: Raymond Perry
8-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
9The Gaucho of Smallville!comic story8pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela
10A Weather Guideactivity1

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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