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Issue Details

Issue #40
Published May-June 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 verified by Mortimer to Craig Delich.

12 page Superman story "The Two Lois Lanes"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane
Synopsis Criminals use a double of Lois to distract Superman. Superman uses his strength to squeeze coal into a diamond.
Genre superhero
Script William Woolfolk ?
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes writer credit by Bob Hughes.

10 page Green Arrow story "A Day In The Life of Robin Hood"

Characters Green Arrow; Robin Hood; Monocle Mike; the Black Baron
Synopsis Green Arrow switches places in time with Robin Hood.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils George Papp (signed)
Inks George Papp (signed)

8 page Doc & Fatty story "Ben Hur Wins a Race"

Characters Ben Hur
Genre humor; adventure
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman

12 page Boy Commandos story "The Handcuffs of Fate"

Genre war; adventure
Pencils Carmine Infantino
Inks Frank Giacoia

1 page Peg filler "What Elmer Knows"

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

6 page Zatara story "The Danger Sign"

Genre occult
Script George Kashdan
Pencils Joe Kubert
Inks Joe Kubert
Notes writer verified by Martin O'Hearn

2 page Bebe story "Expressing Ourselves"

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

2 page text article "Foreign Flags Over America"

Genre fact
Script William I. Irwin (signed)
Letters typeset

12 page Batman story "4 Killers Against Fate"

Characters Commissioner Gordon
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney