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Issue Details

Issue #29
Published July-August 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth; [Jack Schiff]
Notes credits by Bob Hughes 12/04

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks George Roussos?
Notes Credits by Bob Hughes (December, 2004).
Reprinted in Superman From the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #nn (1971); in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn; in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006)

12 page Superman story "The Wizard of Wishes!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; James Joslyn; Mrs. Wingate; George Wingate; The Prankster [as the Wizard of Wishes](villain); Blackie Reese (villain); un-named Professor (villain)
Synopsis When the Prankster is accidently hit by an automobile, the owner, a multi-millionaire, offers his fortune to anyone who can make him happy. The Prankster creates a scheme through a phony "Wizard of Wishes" to bilk that man out of his money, that is, until Superman catches wind of the plot.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Cape has yellow "S" on red background. Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
Reprinted in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006)

2 page Grandpa Peters filler

Characters Grandpa Peters
Genre gag
Script Tom McNamara [as Lefty O'Grady] (signed)
Pencils Tom McNamara [as Lefty O'Grady] (signed)
Inks Tom McNamara [as Lefty O'Grady] (signed)
Letters Tom McNamara
Notes This filler is NOT found in the Archive.
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #16

11 page Superman story "The Tycoon of Crime!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; The Tycoon of Crime [Mr. Blob](villain, introduction)
Synopsis A tycoon whose philosophy is is make his money work for him.....dishonestly....such as stealing masterworks from art museums and using his own money to create his own art factory that makes clever forgeries to take their place. When Superman discovers this outrage, the tycoon hires engineers and scientists to discover Superman's weaknesses and to put the Man of Tomorrow out of the way!
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger? [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Cape has a yellow "S" on blue background.
Reprinted in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006)

Half page Private Pete filler

Characters Private Pete
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes This filler is NOT found in the Archive.

4 page Lois Lane, Girl Reporter story "The Bakery Counterfeiters"

Characters Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Perry White; Steve Bard (introduction); Noonan (Policeman); Carmody (Policeman); Fingers Gordon (villain, introduction); Pinball Miggsy (villain, introduction); Mr. Gratz (villain, introduction); Trigger (villain)
Synopsis When Lois is given the assignment to write a story on a bake shop, little does she know that that bakery is a front for the lottery racket the Police have been trying to shut down.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron? [as Jerry] (signed)
Pencils Ed Dobrotka [as Joe] (signed)
Inks George Roussos? [as Joe] (signed)
Notes Inker identification by Bob Hughes (December, 2004).
Reprinted in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #120 (March 1972); in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006)

2 page none text story "The Weakling"

Script Ivan Arlen (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes This text story is NOT in the Archive.

12 page Superman story "The Pride of the Kents!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Uncle Dudley Kent; H. Postlethwaite Kent; Battlin' Buffo [Clark Kent]; George; The Kent Brothers [Ted, Ed, Jed, Ned](villains, introduction, no relation to Clark Kent)
Synopsis A formerly rich man, whose relatives still think he is loaded, decides to discover just how much his relatives think of him, and holds an unusual "Kent Family Reunion", with nearly disastrous results.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Inks Ed Dobrotka [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
Notes Cape has yellow "S" on blue background. Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.
Reprinted in Superman Archives (DC, 1989 series) #7 (June 2006)

1 page Casey the Cop filler

Characters Casey
Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Found on the inside back cover. This filler is NOT found in the Archive.