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Issue Details

Issue #119
Published April 1948
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger (actual)

Cover Details - "Superman for a Day!"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer

12 page Superman story "Superman for a Day!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; The Helicopter Bandits (villains)
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Notes This is the first issue with no by-line credit to Siegel and Shuster. One of the rare issues in which Clark Kent actually changes to Superman in a phone booth.

6 page Congo Bill story "Treasure Trove!"

Characters Congo Bill; Count Narski (villain)
Genre jungle
Script Writer S ?
Pencils Ed Smalle
Inks Ed Smalle

1 page Captain Tootsie advertisement "Traps Killer Bear with Invisible Light"

Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck (? Pete Costanza?)

7 page Zatara story "Concert for Crime!"

Characters Zatara; P. Piper; the mayor of Oak City (villain)
Genre occult
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils W. F. White
Inks W. F. White

4 page Cabbie Casey story "untitled"

Genre humor
Script Jack Farr
Pencils Jack Farr
Inks Jack Farr

9 page Vigilante story "The Birthday That Backfired!"

Characters The Vigilante; Stuff; The Rainbow Man (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Mort Meskin
Inks George Roussos?

Half page Jerry Jitterbug filler

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