Issue Details

Issue	#57
Published	March-April 1949
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)

Cover Details

Characters	Superman; Lois 4XR
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye

12 page Superman story "The Menace of the Machine Men"

Characters	Superman; Luthor (villain); Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis	Aliens appear to land in the woods outside Northville and invade the city with giant robots.
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye

Half page Daffy & Doodle filler

Genre	humor
Script	Lit-Win
Pencils	Lit-Win
Inks	Lit-Win

10 page Superman story "Every Man a Superman"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Lois 4XR (intro)
Synopsis	Superman is thrown into the future where everyone has super powers and he meets a woman who looks just like Lois Lane. He tries to determine if she is his descendant.
Genre	superhero
Script	William Woolfolk
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Time-travel story; Metropolis said to have been destroyed in 1970! Plot revised and re-used in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #28.

Half page Casey the Cop filler

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

2 page Bebe filler

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

Half page Little Pete filler

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

Half page Shorty filler

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

Half page Statement of Ownership text article

Genre	fact
Script	J. S. Liebowitz
Letters	typeset
Notes	published by National Comics 480 Lexington Ave NY 17, NY F. W. Ellsworth editor Owners H. Donenfeld, J. Liebowitz, P. Sampliner, Gussie Donenfeld, Rose Liebowtiz, Sophie Sampliner, Irwin Donenfeld, Sonia Donenfeld, Frederic Iger, Arlene Donenfeld

2 page text article "The Deaf Man of Bonn"

Characters	Beethoven
Genre	bio
Pencils	Raymond Perry ?
Inks	Raymond Perry ?
Colors	Raymond Perry ?
Letters	typeset
Notes	Beethoven bio

1 page Varsity Vic filler

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

Half page Peg filler

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

12 page Superman story "The Son of Superman"

Characters	Superman; Tommy Barstow (intro, briefly adopted by Superman); Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis	Superman adopts an orphan boy and builds up his strength and confidence.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye