Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1955-05-29
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (editor); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)
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The Dog of Steel!
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Superboy / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
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Superboy; Krypto
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Indexer Notes

Inker credit from Bob Hughes.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

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Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page

The Dog of Steel
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Superboy / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Krypto; Lana Lang; Ma Kent; Pa Kent; "Grabby" Gordon
Synopsis:
A gang of crooks tries to prove that Krypto is a super-dog, as does Lana.
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Indexer Notes

inker credit by Bob Hughes

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Big Town; Mr. District Attorney / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Varsity Vic / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wait up, Don! I'm in a terrible fix...

Station Neptune
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Aquaman / comic story / 6 pages

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Bebe / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Now Bebe, play nicely with little Herby!
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The Elephant -- New King of Beasts
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text article / 2 pages

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typeset
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Binky Says "Family Projects Can Be Fun!"
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Binky / public service announcement / 1 page

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  • Genre:advocacy; teen; humor

The Riddle of the Statues!
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Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Speedy; The Master
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Littleton Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page

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Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page

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Daisy Manufacturing Co. / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Dog of Steel!
    Superboy
  2. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  3. The Dog of Steel
    Superboy
  4. ["To the boys and girls of America..."]
    Big Town; Mr. District Attorney
  5. ["Wait up, Don! I'm in a terrible fix..."]
    Varsity Vic
  6. Station Neptune
    Aquaman
  7. ["Now Bebe, play nicely with little Herby!"]
    Bebe
  8. The Elephant -- New King of Beasts
  9. Binky Says "Family Projects Can Be Fun!"
    Binky
  10. The Riddle of the Statues!
    Green Arrow
  11. [no title indexed]
    Littleton Stamp Co.
  12. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas
  13. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Manufacturing Co.
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  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
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