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45December 1955
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Superboy #45

DC · December 1955 · on sale 1955-10-02

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Identification plate

Series
Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#45
Publication date
December 1955
Key date
1955-12-00
On-sale date
1955-10-02
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0A Trap for Superboy!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan KayeSuperboy; Lana Lang
2Incredible Superboy Auctioncomic story8pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaMartha Kent; Jonathan Kent
4The Bat Kiteactivity1pencils: Al Wenzel; inks: Al Wenzel
5The Secret of the Super Charadescomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaMartha Kent; Jonathan Kent; Lana Lang
7-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8The Man Who Owned a Volcanotext story2script: Jack Miller
9-comic story0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
11A Trap for Superboy!comic story7.67pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaLana Lang; Jonathan Kent
12-promo (ad from the publisher)0.33
14How a Nation Is Born, Your United Nations at Workpublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp

Plus 5.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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