Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1947-01-22
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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Superboy / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superboy [Clark Kent]
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Indexer Notes

Art credits from Craig Delich and Bob Hughes.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Q Is for Quagga
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

S-U-P-E-R-B-O-Y Spells Danger!
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Superboy / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Superboy [Clark Kent]; Oswald Murgatroyd; John Baker (state geologist); three unnamed gold smugglers (villains, introduction for all, Baker's assistants)
Synopsis:
After winning in the Metropolis semi-finals of the National Spelling Bee, Clark and Oswald head to the finals at Yellowstone National Park. However, Superboy intervenes when Oswald and a state geologist are taken captive by the geologist's helpers, who want the rich deposit of gold nuggets they discovered.
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Indexer Notes

Clark lives in Metropolis.

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Little Arthur's Surprise Cartoon / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Phil Berube (signed)
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Phil Berube (signed)
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Phil Berube (signed)
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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Report Card

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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

The Strange Saga of S. K. Lark!
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Green Arrow / comic story / 10 pages

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Pencils:
George Papp (signed as Geo Papp)
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George Papp (signed as Geo Papp)
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; The Skylark (introduction)
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Skyscraper Aquarium!
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Aquaman / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Black Jack (villain)

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Brothers Quixote!
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The Shining Knight / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Shining Knight [Sir Justin]

Blazing Justice
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text story / 2 pages

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typeset

What's Past Is -- Present!
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Johnny Quick / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]

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Nabisco Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page

Captain Tootsie and the Log Jam Rescue
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Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page

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Daisy Manufacturing Company; Red Ryder / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Superboy
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. Q Is for Quagga
  4. S-U-P-E-R-B-O-Y Spells Danger!
    Superboy
  5. ["Report Card"]
    Little Arthur's Surprise Cartoon
  6. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  7. The Strange Saga of S. K. Lark!
    Green Arrow
  8. Skyscraper Aquarium!
    Aquaman
  9. ["For spine-tingling action..."]
  10. The Brothers Quixote!
    The Shining Knight
  11. Blazing Justice
  12. What's Past Is -- Present!
    Johnny Quick
  13. [no title indexed]
    Nabisco Shredded Wheat
  14. Captain Tootsie and the Log Jam Rescue
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  15. [no title indexed]
    National Radio Institute Home Study Course
  16. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Manufacturing Company; Red Ryder
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  • Craig Delich
  • Bob Hughes
  • Glenn MacKay
  • Mike Nielsen
  • John Pannozzi
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
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