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Issue Details

Issue	#89
Published	May 1954
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	44
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)

Cover Details - "One Hour To Doom!"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

10 page Superman story "Captain Kent the Terrible"

Characters	Queen Elizabeth; Villain: Don Fernando, Lois Lane, Perry White
Synopsis	Superman goes back in time to prove Clark's ancestor was not a cruel pirate, and ends up becoming a pirate himself.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	time-travel story, 16th century England.

Half page Quick Quiz filler

Genre	fact
Script	H. T. Elmo?
Pencils	H. T. Elmo?
Inks	H. T. Elmo?

1 page Annie Gram activity

Script	Martin Naydel?
Pencils	Martin Naydel?
Inks	Martin Naydel?
Notes	puzzle

2 page Shorty filler "The Full De-Luxe Dinner"

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

10 page Superman story "Superman of Skid Row"

Characters	Intro: Travis, Sen. Smithers, and the Skid Row Brotherhood; Villain: Ed Main (Intro), Perry White
Synopsis	Clark goes undercover to smoke out a mystery on Skid Row.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino

1 page Peg filler "My Father's Car"

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

Half page Little Pete filler "On Her Side I Did"

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

2 page text story "Skyway Sleuths"

Script	Jack Miller
Letters	typeset

10 page Superman story "One Hour of Doom"

Characters	Villain: Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, Daily Planet Building, Kryptonite
Synopsis	Luthor hides a kryptonite laden bomb in Metropolis and threatens to blow the whole city up.
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz?
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye

1 page Bebe filler "A Brave Girl At the Dentist"

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