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Issue Details

Issue #66
Published September-October 1953
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (Managing Editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Pencils Winslow Mortimer
Inks Winslow Mortimer

12 page Superman story "Superman, Ex-Crimebuster"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; King Saphire (villain); The Mask (villain)
Synopsis Superman adopts a criminal identity in order to unmask a gang leader.
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye

Half page Bebe filler "This stone is genuine"

Characters Bebe
Genre children; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "How Safe Is Your Driving?"

Characters Buzzy
Genre teen; humor
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bob Oksner
Inks Bob Oksner

10 page Green Arrow story "Green Arrow Joins the Foreign Legion"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]
Genre superhero
Pencils George Papp
Inks George Papp

10 page Danger Trail story "The Australian Code Mystery"

Genre spy
Script David Vern
Pencils Alex Toth
Inks Alex Toth
Notes Originally scheduled for Danger Trail #6, which was never published.
Reprinted in Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #414 (August 1971)

2 page Varsity Vic filler "10 ice cream sodas in one sitting"

Characters Varsity Vic
Genre teen; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

10 page Tomahawk story "Yankee Doodle Fleet"

Characters Tomahawk [Tom Hawk]
Genre western; period
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray

2 page none text article "Primitive Pastimes"

Genre fact
Script Jack Miller [as Jack Mabley] (signed)
Letters typeset

Half page Little Pete filler "No Room In the Tub"

Characters Little Pete
Genre children; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

12 page Batman and Robin story "The Proving Ground For Crime"

Characters Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger ?
Pencils Dick Sprang
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Credits by Craig Delich (June, 2004).