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Issue Details

Issue #168
Published May 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 44
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (Managing Editor), Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan (story editors)

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer

1 page Superboy [public service page] public service announcement "Happy Hobby Time!"

Characters Superboy; Frank
Synopsis Superboy shows Frank that he can be creative, regardless of whether his creations are perfect, and notes an expressive hobby can be life long enjoyment.
Genre superhero; fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Letters Ira Schnapp
Notes Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover.

12 page Superman story "The Menace of Planet Z"

Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4 (Winter 1962)

6 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Meteor Mystery"

Genre science fiction
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Fischetti

1 page Shorty filler

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

1 page Little Pete filler

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

6 page Congo Bill story "Congo Bill's Last Fight"

Genre jungle
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Ed Smalle
Inks Ed Smalle
Notes writer id by Craig Delich

Half page Professor Eureka filler "Formal Dinner][First Line: Professor Eureka is always mislaying his glasses"

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Title and first line from Arthur Lortie, added August 2006.

8 page Vigilante story "Outlaws For Sale"

Genre superhero
Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Bob Brown