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Issue Details

Issue #239
Published April 1958
Cover Price $0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger (assistant); George Kashdan (assistant)

Cover Details - "Superman's New Face"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Superman story "Superman's New Face"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Dr. Norton; Kryptonite
Synopsis Superman is caught in an atomic explosion and afterwards must bandage his face, or wear a lead mask, to keep anyone from seeing what happened to him.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman Annual (1960 series) #3 (Summer 1961).

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "Secret of the Happy Pig"

Genre funny animals
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Rube Grossman
Inks Rube Grossman

1 page Tricksy the World's Greatest Stunt Man filler

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

6 page Congo Bill story "The Puzzle of the Jungle Pyramid!"

Characters Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Prof Drake
Genre jungle
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman
Notes Story title from Dick Sabo on 28 October 2004.

1 page text article "Gag Bag"

Letters typeset

1 page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

Genre teen; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Casey the Cop filler "Traffic Cop Relaxes by Going to the Auto Races"

Genre Gags
Script Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Information on this sequence from Dick Sabo on 28 October 2004.

6 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Toys That Stopped Space Crime"

Characters Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood
Genre science fiction
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney
Notes Reprint info (Arthur Lortie). Story title correction from Dick Sabo on 28 October 2004 (was "The Toys That Stopped Crime").
Reprinted in Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1973 series) #2 (March 1973).