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Issue Details

Issue #55
Published November-December 1948
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "Too Many Heroes"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring; Stan Kaye (background figures)
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Superman story "Prankster's Second Childhood"

Characters Superman; Prankster; Lois Lane; Professor Manley; Perry White
Synopsis The Prankster is voted Most Admired Man by the students at the Manly Academy for Problem Children.
Genre superhero
Script William Woolfolk ?
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

8 page Superman story "The Richest Man In the World"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Stephen Van Schuyler III, Mary Jones
Synopsis Millionaire Stephen Van Schuyler wants to marry Lois Lane, so she stages a contest to see who can give her the most spectacular gifts, Schuyler or Superman.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Woolfolk
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye

1 page Daffy and Doodle filler "Dog Show Tonight"

Genre humor
Script Lit-Win
Pencils Lit-Win (signed)
Inks Lit-Win

Half page Casey the Cop filler "The Fine Points of Boxing"

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff (signed)

2 page text article "The Boy Who Wasn't Too Bright"

Characters Albert Einstein
Genre bio
Script Joe Samachson [as William Morrison]
Letters typeset
Notes Einstein bio

Half page Sonny filler "The Cat's Doing the Pulling"

Genre humor
Script Jack Bogle (signed)
Pencils Jack Bogle (signed)
Inks Jack Bogle (signed)

10 page Superman story "Too Many Heroes"

Characters Superman; Jonathan Trundle; Peter Lorloff ; Carole Lorloff; Stella Lorloff; Felix Lorloff
Synopsis Actor Peter Loroff wills all his money to the person who performs the most heroic deed in the week after his death.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye

Half page Little Pete filler "How To Throw Your Voice"

Genre humor; children
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff (signed)