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51September 1956
$0.10

Superboy #51

DC · September 1956 · on sale 1956-07-03

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Series
Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#51
Publication date
September 1956
Key date
1956-09-00
On-sale date
1956-07-03
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Super-Money of Smallville!cover1pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan KayeSuperboy
2The Secret Lives of Superboycomic story8script: Jerry Coleman; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaJonathan Kent; Martha Kent; Lana Lang; Superbaby (flashback)
3Here Are the Prizespromo (ad from the publisher)3letters: typeset
4-comic story0.5script: Lit-Win; pencils: Lit-Win; inks: Lit-Win; letters: Lit-Win
5-comic story0.5
6My Super-Pet, Kryptocomic story6script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John SikelaKrypto; Superboy
8The Big Dancepublic service announcement1script: Jack Schiff
11The Super-Money of Smallvilecomic story8script: Otto Binder; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye
12-comic story1script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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