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48April 1956
$0.10

Superboy #48

DC · April 1956 · on sale 1956-02-14

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Series
Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#48
Publication date
April 1956
Key date
1956-04-00
On-sale date
1956-02-14
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 Without the Super-Suit!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Ray BurnleyClark Kent [Superboy]
2Dad Kent's Delusionscomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan KayePa Kent; Blackmarket Bolton
4-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
5Lana Lang's Super Powers!comic story8script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaLana Lang; Alvin Lang (her brother)
6The One and Only Supermanpromo (ad from the publisher)1
7-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
8How to Improve Your Roller Skatingtext article2script: John MacKenzie
9The Boy without a Super-Suitcomic story8script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan KayeJonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Grandpa Kent (off stage)

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

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