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Issue Details

Issue #56
Published January 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "Design For Doom"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Notes Art id by Craig Delich.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005).

13 page Superman story "Design for Doom"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Emil Loring (Intro)
Synopsis An insane architect tries to destroy some of America's greatest historical structures so that they might not overshadow his creation of what he believes to be the world's tallest building.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils John Sikela (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks George Roussos
Notes Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-21-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #4 (2005)

1 page Supermen of the U.S. Army filler "Robert L. Golay"

Characters Robert L. Golay
Genre fact
Pencils Cliff Young?
Inks Cliff Young?

Half page Laffs filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-21-08.

12 page The Vigilante story "Melody of Menace"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
Genre superhero
Pencils Mort Meskin [as Morton Jr.] (signed)
Inks George Roussos

Half page Clancy the Cop filler

Characters Clancy
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-21-08.

6 page Three Aces story "War Hawks of Greenland"

Characters Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-21-08.

8 page Americommandos story "The Man the Whole World Feared"

Characters Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley]
Genre war
Script Joseph Greene
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Notes Writer per Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 5/05. Last appearance of Fatman.

2 page text story "The Traitor"

Genre adventure
Script John Hilton (signed)
Letters typeset

6 page Congo Bill story "The Game for Life"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils Edwin Smalle?
Inks Edwin Smalle?

Half page Private Pete filler

Characters Pvt. Pete
Genre military humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-21-08.

Half page Silly Willy filler

Characters Silly Willy
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-21-08.

9 page Zatara story "The Case of the Phony Funny Man"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Pencils Joseph Sulman
Inks Joseph Sulman