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Issue Details

Issue	#60
Published	September-October 1949
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)

Cover Details

Characters	Superman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino
Reprinted	in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn

12 page Superman story "The Two Identities of Superman"

Characters	Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Hollis Shore (villain); Toyman (cameo); Prankster (cameo); Luthor (cameo)
Synopsis	Superman tries to convince Hollis Shore that he's really Perry White.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	redone in Action 302

10 page Superman story "The Men Who Had to Guard Superman"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Prof. Johns (intro); James Carson; Perry White
Synopsis	When a dying scientist tells Clark a secret formula, the Secret Service decides they must protect him.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-31

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "Smokey, the Fire-Preventing Bear Comes to the Rescue of Peter Porkchops"

Characters	Smokey the Bear; Peter Porkchops
Genre	funny animals
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Otto Feuer
Inks	Otto Feuer

2 page Casey the Cop filler "Golly, I haven't played baseball in years"

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

Half page Shorty filler "All set for the helmet, Shorty?"

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

2 page text article "Birth of the Leathernecks"

Synopsis	origin of the U.S. Marines
Pencils	Raymond Perry ?
Inks	Raymond Perry ?
Colors	Raymond Perry ?
Letters	typeset

Half page Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop filler

Genre	fact
Script	Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils	Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks	Martin Naydel (signed)
Letters	Martin Naydel (signed)

12 page Superman story "Superman Fights the Super-Brain"

Characters	Superman; The Toyman (villain); the Super-Brain (Intro, Dies, a computer); Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis	The Toyman builds a super computer to plot crimes for him.
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron ?
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Clark Kent actually changes to Superman in a phone booth!