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Issue Details

Issue #38
Published January-February 1949
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 76
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Superman; Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer
Notes Mortimer verified to Craig Delich

12 page Superman story "If There Were No Superman"

Characters Lois Lane; Perry White; Superman; Professor Smiggs; Bullet Barris
Synopsis Superman sent to various points in the past by the IF machine.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton?
Pencils Wayne Boring ?
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes writer credit by Bob Hughes 11/04

10 page Green Arrow story "The Unfinished Crimes"

Characters The Wind (intro); Green Arrow; Speedy
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp (signed)
Inks George Papp (signed)
Notes Arrowcar is green

Half page Daffy and Doodle filler "untitled"

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

8 page Doc & Fatty story "Football in the Future"

Genre adventure
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman

Half page Casey the Cop filler "untitled"

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

12 page Boy Commandos story "Rip Carter - Fugitive from a Chain Gang"

Genre war; adventure
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Steve Brodie?
Notes Revised inker credit by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). Credit previously assigned to George Klein.

6 page Zatara story "Pete, the Inventor"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script George Kashdan
Pencils William F. White
Inks William F. White
Notes writer verified by Martin O'Hearn

2 page text article "Pike's Peak or Bust"

Genre fact
Letters typeset

1 page Daffy and Doodle filler "untitled"

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

12 page Batman story "The Impossible People"

Characters Jack Frost and the Folklore Society (intro); Batman; Robin
Genre superhero
Script William Woolfolk
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Dick Sprang
Notes writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, art credits by Craig Delich 6/04