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Issue Details

Issue #228
Published May 1957
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan (assistants)
Notes No text story in this issue. Just a two page list of contest winners.

Cover Details - "Superman's Super-Skyscraper"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

12 page Superman story "Superman's Super-Skyscraper"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Jay Amery (villain); Superman Museum; Jonathan Kent (cameo); Martha Kent (cameo)
Synopsis Superman constructs a skyscraper in Metropolis and turns it into a museum of his past cases.
Genre superhero
Script Ed Hamilton?
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes synopsis by Darkmark writer id by Bob Hughes 12/06?

Half page Quick Quiz filler

Genre fact
Script H. T. Elmo
Pencils H. T. Elmo
Inks H. T. Elmo

1 page Varsity Vic filler

Genre teen; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Congo Bill story "The Gorilla King of the Jungle"

Characters Congo Bill; Janu; Kongorilla (not the later character)
Synopsis A former Hollywood animal star, Kongorilla is being returned to the jungle, but his former trainer tries to prove the ape has human intelligence.
Genre jungle
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman

2 page Lionel and His Lions filler

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

6 page Tommy Tomorrow story "Space Dreams for Sale"

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

1 page public service announcement "A Date With Effie"

Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Curt Swan