Unofficial Superboy Index

SUPERBOY #55

Cover Date: March 1957
Cover Price: $0.10
Publication Date: 1957-01-01

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Stan Kaye

Story: "Mystery of the Space Trophies" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Art	John Sikela
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in Adventure Comics #233; next in the second story in this issue)

Supporting Character(s):

Lana Lang (last in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #111/2; next in the second story in this issue)

Martha Kent (last in Adventure Comics #233; next in the second story in this issue)

Villain(s):

Harry Colt (finds a rocket carrying dangerous alien artifacts, sells them as "Superboy souvenirs;' first appearance)

Other Character(s):

owner of a curio shop (first appearance)

Charlie Rolfe (buys a crustal which turns his car to glass; first appearance)

Emma Potter (buys a plant which grows dangerously large; first appearance)

John and his wife (a couple who bought a candle that superheated; first appearance of both)

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Adventure Comics #340/2 (January 1966)

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Second Story: "A Visit from Superman's Pal!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Ray Burnley
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Feature Character(s):

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

Guest Star(s):

Superman (last in Action Comics #225; next in Superman Vol. 1 #112)

Jimmy Olsen (last in Action Comics #225; next in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #19)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in flashback in Superman Vol. 1 #111/2; next in the third story in this issue)

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

Lana Lang (in between the first and the third story in this issue)

Location(s):

Smallville

Story Reprinted in:

Superman Annual #1/4 ([Summer] 1960)

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #114 (September 1968)

Giant Superman Annual #1 Replica Edition ([October] 1998) [as reprinted in Superman Annual #1]

Superboy: The Greatest Team-Up Stories Ever Told ([March] 2010)

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Third Story: "The Secret of Smallville High" (8 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Superboy (last in the second story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #234)

Supporting Character(s):

Jonathan Kent (last in the second story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #234)

Martha Kent (last in the second story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #234)

Lana Lang (last in the second story in this issue; next in Adventure Comics #234)

Lewis Lang (last in issue #53/2; next in Adventure Comics #236)

Location(s):

Smallville

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