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Issue Details

Issue	#45
Published	April-May 1950
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	76
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "untitled"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Notes	verified by Mortimer to Craig Delich

12 page Superman story "Lois Lane and Clark Kent, Private Detectives"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	writer id by Martin O'Hearn

10 page Wyoming Kid story "The Silver Dollar Clue"

Genre	western
Script	Ryerson Johnson
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman

10 page Green Arrow story "The Switchman of Crime"

Characters	Green Arrow; Switchman (intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp

4 page story "Renegade Train Boss"

Genre	adventure
Pencils	George Roussos
Inks	George Roussos
Notes	art id by Craig Delich 6/04

6 page Zatara story "Three Tasks for a Hero"

Genre	occult
Script	George Kashdan
Pencils	Ralph Mayo
Inks	Ralph Mayo
Notes	art id by Craig Delich 6/04. writer id by Martin O'Hearn

10 page Full-Steam Foley story "The Ghost of Gallows Head"

Genre	adventure
Script	Don Cameron
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer

2 page text article "Words About Music"

Genre	fact
Letters	typeset

Half page Shorty filler "Goldfish vs Dog"

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

12 page Batman story "The Historian of Crime"

Genre	superhero
Script	Writer A
Pencils	Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures); Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Revised inker credit by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005). Deleted the Bob Kane inker credit.

1 page Superman public service announcement "Code For Buddies"

Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino ?