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Issue Details

Issue #49
Published December-January 1951
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 76
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor!"

Characters Superman; Batman; Robin; Tom Sparks
Genre superhero
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Stan Kaye

12 page Superman story "The Men Who Shot Superman"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Howard Figit (intro)
Genre superhero
Script Alvin Schwartz
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes writer id by Martin O'Hearn

Half page Casey the Cop filler "Annual Police Ball"

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

10 page Green Arrow story "The City Without a Jail"

Genre superhero
Script George Kashdan
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

8 page Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor story "Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor"

Characters Tom Sparks (intro); Nick Sparks (intro); Colonel Rey (intro)
Genre Science fiction
Pencils Dan Barry ?; Arthur F. Peddy ?
Inks Dan Barry ?
Notes Intro story- continued next issue. Added pencil credit [Peddy] by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).

1 page public service announcement "Your United Nations At Work!"

Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Win Mortimer
Inks Win Mortimer

10 page Wyoming Kid story "The Town the Law Forgot"

Genre western
Script Ryerson Johnson
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman

1 page Shorty filler "Pool It!"

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

6 page Zatara story "Terror on the Choo Choo Train"

Genre occult
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Ralph Mayo
Inks Ralph Mayo
Notes writer id by Martin O'Hearn

2 page Varsity Vic filler "Miss Lonely Hearts' Advice"

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

2 page text article "Wrestling Through The Ages"

Genre fact
Letters typeset

Half page Clue Cartoon activity "untitled"

Script Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks Martin Naydel (signed)
Notes puzzle

12 page Batman story "White Feather For Batman"

Characters Penguin
Genre superhero
Script David Vern
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Dick Sprang
Notes inker id by Craig Delich 6/04