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Issue Details

Issue #219
Published August 1956
Cover Price $0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger (Superman); George Kashdan (backups)

Cover Details - "Superman's Treasure Hoard!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Superman story "Superman's Treasure Hoard"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Art Shaler
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye

Half page Howie filler

Genre teen humor

6 page Congo Bill story "The Amazing Army of Apes"

Characters Congo Bill; Janu of the Jungle; Chota; the General
Synopsis A military officer appears to go crazy and starts to think apes are his soldiers.
Genre jungle
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Ed Smalle
Inks Ed Smalle

Half page Shorty filler

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff

2 page text story "The Day I Beat the Baseball Jinx"

Script Jack Miller [as Jack Mason]
Pencils Raymond Perry
Inks Raymond Perry
Letters typeset

6 page Tommy Tomorrow story "Tom Thumb Tommy Tomorrow"

Characters Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood
Genre science fiction
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "Case of the Careless Camper"

Genre funny animals
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman