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6January-February 1950
$0.10

Superboy #6

DC · January-February 1950 · on sale 1949-11-21

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Identification plate

Series
Superboy (DC, 1949 series)
Issue
#6
Publication date
January-February 1950
Key date
1950-01-00
On-sale date
1949-11-21
Indicia publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Al Plastino; inks: Bob Oksner
2The Hobby Robber!comic story10script: Don C. Cameron; pencils: John Sikela; inks: Ed DobrotkaHumpty Dumpty (first appearance); The Hobby Robber (first appearance)
4Superboypromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
6Superboy Storekeeper!comic story12pencils: John Sikela; inks: Ed DobrotkaSuperboy (Clark Kent); Mrs. Edwards; Mr. Cooper; Mr. Smith; Mr. Olsen; Lucy Olsen; Jonathan Kent
7Razor Blade Radioactivity1
8Look Who's Here!promo (ad from the publisher)1
9The Man Who Captured Geronimocomic story4
10-comic story0.67script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff
12Superboy Says "Give Your Town a Present!"public service announcement1script: Jack Schiff; pencils: Win Mortimer; inks: Win Mortimer; letters: Ira Schnapp
13The Man from Menlo Parktext article2letters: typesetThomas Edison
14The Hercules of Smallville!comic story12pencils: John Sikela; inks: Ed Dobrotka
152nd Smash Issues!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Superboy #681958On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #2571959On eBay ›
Four Star Spectacular #41976On eBay ›
Superman: Cover to Cover #[nn]
ISBN 1-4012-0770-7; 978-1-4012-0770-0		2006On eBay ›

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Series context

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