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Issue Details

Issue #244
Published January 1958
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (Managing Editor), Mort Weisinger, (story editor), George Kashdan (story editor)

Cover Details

Characters Ma and Pa Kent
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Superboy story "The Poorest Family in Smallville"

Characters Ma and Pa Kent
Genre superhero
Script Alvin Schwartz
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Notes Writer id by Martin O'Hearn

1 page Sgt. Bilko; Bob Hope; Jerry Lewis; Jackie Gleason promo (ad from the publisher)

Genre celebrity; humor
Notes Ad for Sgt. Bilko (February), Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, and Jackie Gleason (January).

1 page Little Pete filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page filler "Mysteries in Space"

Script Mort Drucker
Pencils Mort Drucker
Inks Mort Drucker
Letters Mort Drucker
Reprinted from ?

6 page Green Arrow story "A Medal for Roy"

Genre superhero
Script George Kashdan
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp
Notes Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. Green Arrow has red hat.
Reprinted In Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #20 May 1958

1 page public service announcement "Wanted: A Teen-Age Code"

Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira

1 page Jerry Jitterbug filler "date with a new girl"

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page text article "The Man Who Mastered the Air"

Letters typeset

6 page Aquaman story "The Copy Cat Creature"

Genre superhero
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Ramona Fradon
Inks Ramona Fradon
Notes writer id by Martin O'Hearn