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47March 1956
$0.10

Superboy #47

DC · March 1956 · on sale 1956-01-03

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Identification plate

Series
Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#47
Publication date
March 1956
Key date
1956-03-00
On-sale date
1956-01-03
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Superboy Meets Superman!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan KayeSuperman; Superboy
2Clark Kent's Best Pal!comic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan KayeBilly Todd (intro); Ma and Pa Kent
3Hot As a Firecracker!promo (ad from the publisher)1
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5The 100 Grand Question!comic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye, Ray Burnley"Hijack" Hilton
6-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
7-statement of ownership0.33letters: typeset
8Healthy Teeth for You and Your Pet!public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
9Bagging the African Buffalotext article2script: Jerry Marlowe
10Superboy Meets Supermancomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: John GiuntaSuperman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Superboy [Clark Kent]

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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