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Issue Details

Issue #129
Published February 1949
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger (actual)

Cover Details - "Lois Lane, Cavegirl"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane
Genre superhero
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer

12 page Superman story "Lois Lane, Cavegirl!"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Gob-Gob
Synopsis Superman finds what appears to be a real-live caveman frozen in an iceberg. Gob-Gob soon becomes all the rage in the better social circles and Lois adopts him as arm candy to make Clark Kent jealous (when Perry gives her a raise).
Genre superhero
Script Alvin Schwartz
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Al Plastino
Notes writer id by Martin O'Hearn

1 page Shorty filler "Parading Around"

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

6 page Congo Bill story "The Derelict from the Deeps!"

Characters Congo Bill; "Bad News" Haley; The Phantom Raider (villain)
Genre jungle
Pencils Ed Smalle
Inks Ed Smalle

6 page Zatara story "The Flying Carpet!"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils W. F. White
Inks W. F. White

8 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Earth Doom!"

Characters Tommy Tomorrow; Gordy; Craig
Synopsis Tommy embarks on a seemingly senseless and dangerous tour of the solar system which ends up as a search for the unknown element 99.
Genre science fiction
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Fischetti
Notes Element 99 is Einsteinium, discovered in 1952.

2 page text story "The Greatest Peril of the Sea"

Script Cliff Rhodes (signed)
Pencils Raymond Perry ?
Inks Raymond Perry ?
Colors Raymond Perry ?
Letters typeset

1 page Willy filler

Genre gag
Script Phil Berube
Pencils Phil Berube
Inks Phil Berube

8 page Vigilante story "The Desperadoes of Doom!"

Characters The Vigilante; Stuff; The James Boys (villains, dream); The Dalton Brothers (villains, dream); Crazy-Gun Crawley (villain, dream); Billy the Kid (villain, dream)
Synopsis Vigilante hallucinates battles with the greatest villains of the Old West.
Genre superhero
Script France Herron
Pencils Bob Lubbers
Inks Bob Lubbers