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Superboy 50

SUPERBOY #50

Cover Date: July 1956
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1956-05-22

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye


Story: "The Boy Who Stole Superboy's Identity!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Coleman
ArtJohn Sikela
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Adventure Comics #226; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in Adventure Comics #225; next in the second story in this issue)
Martha Kent (last in Adventure Comics #225; next in the second story in this issue)
Lana Lang (last in Adventure Comics #226; next in the third story in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Sam Ewell (first appearance; a friend of Jonathan's; loaned money by Jonathan)
Dick Ewell (first appearance; Sam's son; looking to return a favor to the Kent family, poses as Clark Kent so Clark can win Smallville's All-Around Boy contest)
Fred Haskins (first mentioned; another contestant)
citizens of Smallville

Location(s):

Smallville


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Second Story: "There Is No Superboy" (2 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
ArtJohn Sikela
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (in between the first and the third stories in this issue; also in flashbacks to earlier in his Superboy career)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in the first story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #228)
Martha Kent (last in the first story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #228)

Villain(s):

Henry "Bull" Hogan (first appearance; in flashback; later goes honest and becomes a Smallville shopkeeper)
his gang (including Crusher; first appearance for all; in flashback)

Location(s):

Smallville


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Third Story: "The Super Giant of Smallville" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryOtto Binder
PencilsCurt Swan
InksJohn Giunta (?)
EditingMort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in the second story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #227)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (last in the first story in this issue; next in issue #51)

Other Character(s):

Professor Tinker (first appearance; an inventor working on useless creations)
citizens of Smallville

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

100-Page Super-Spectacular #DC-21/8 (October 1973)


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