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SUPERBOY #54

Cover Date: January 1957
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1956-11-18

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "Superboy's Substitute Suits" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	George Klein (?)
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Adventure Comics #231; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Martha Kent (last in Adventure Comics #231; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

"Doc" Ellison (first appearance; a criminal scientist; develops an imperfect copy of Superboy's costume which he sells to criminals)

various criminals (first appearance for all; use the duplicate suits to assist in crimes)

Other Character(s):

citizens of Smallville

military officials

Location(s):

an atomic bomb testing site in the desert

Smallville

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Second Story: "The Sixth Clark Kent" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Alvin Schwartz
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Giunta (?)
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (in between the first and the third stories in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (last in issue #53/3; next in the third story in this issue)

Martha Kent (in between the first and the third stories in this issue)

Other Character(s):

Phineas Baker (first mentioned; died prior to story; left Clark Kent has his heir, but part of the will was lost and a search is begun for the correct Clark Kent)

two attorneys representing the estate of Phineas Naker

Clark Kent (first appearance; a steel worker in Chesterton)

Clark Kent (first appearance; a hobo)

Clark Kent (first appearance; a toddler in Northburg)

Clark Kent (first appearance; a teenage sword swallower)

Clark Kent (first appearance; a young woman and the heir of Phineas Baker)

Mrs, Williams (first appearance; runs a daycare nursery)

Ma and Pa Kent (first appearance for both; parents of the sword-swallowing Clark Kent)

Location(s):

Chesterton

Smallville

Northburg

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #336/2 (September 1965)

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Third Story: "The Silent Superboy" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Art	John Sikela
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in the second story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #232; after an H-bomb testing and temporary to even whisper without causing catastrophic damage)