Superboy #78 (1960) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Ghost of Jor-El!	cover	1	pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Stan Kaye; letters: Ira Schnapp	Jor-El, Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Superboy
2	Claire Kent, Alias Super-Sister!	comic story	9	script: Otto Binder; pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela	Clark Kent, Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Lana Lang, Superboy
3	-	comic story	1	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Casey the Cop
5	The Origin of Superboy's Super-Costume!	comic story	8	pencils: John Sikela; inks: John Sikela	Jonathan Kent, Martha Kent, Superbaby
6	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
7	-	comic story	0.67	script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff; letters: Henry Boltinoff	Varsity Vic
8	Coming Super-Attractions	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33
9	The Ghost of Jor-El!	comic story	9	script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp; letters: Joe Letterese	Jor-El

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

Collection	Year
Superman Annual #8	1963	On eBay ›
80 Page Giant Magazine #1	1964	On eBay ›
Superboy Spectacular #1	1980	On eBay ›
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-45	1976	On eBay ›

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