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Issue Details

Issue	#53
Published	June-July 1950
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "The Gun That Dropped Through Time!"

Characters	Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Hawkman [Carter Hall] (both as the Justice Society of America/JSA)
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Arthur F. Peddy
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Reprinted	in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11

8 page Justice Society of America story "The Gun That Dropped Through Time! [chapter 1]"

Characters	Atom [Al Pratt]; Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA)
Genre	superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Arthur F. Peddy
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Reprinted	in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11

10 page Justice Society of America story "The Gun That Dropped Through Time! [chapter 2]"

Characters	Flash [Jay Garrick]; Black Canary; Wonder Woman [Earth-2]; Dr. Mid-Nite (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA)
Genre	superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Arthur F. Peddy
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Reprinted	in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11

8 page Justice Society of America story "The Gun That Dropped Through Time! [chapter 3]"

Characters	Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott] (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA)
Genre	superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Arthur F. Peddy
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Reprinted	in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11

4 page Justice Society of America story "The Gun That Dropped Through Time! [chapter 4]"

Characters	Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Atom [Al Pratt]; Hawkman [Carter Hall]; Dr. Mid-Nite; Black Canary; Wonder Woman [Earth-2] (all as the Justice Society of America/JSA)
Genre	superhero
Script	John Broome
Pencils	Arthur F. Peddy
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Reprinted	in All Star Comics Archives (DC, 1991 series) #11

Half page "Pencils" the Clown activity

Pencils	Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks	Martin Naydel (signed)
Notes	This filler was NOT reprinted in the Archives.

2 page text article "Little Known Facts About Little Known Islands"

Genre	Fact
Letters	typeset
Notes	This text article was NOT reprinted in the Archives.

Half page What's Your Name? filler "untitled"

Genre	Fact
Pencils	Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks	Martin Naydel (signed)
Notes	This filler was NOT reprinted in the Archives.

3 page story "The Race of Wheel and Keel"

Genre	Adventure
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Gil Kane
Inks	Harry Lazarus
Notes	This story was NOT reprinted in the Archives.
Reprinted	in Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #8 (May-June 1957)

Half page Justice Society of America Laboratory Notes filler "X-Ray" Photos!

Characters	Flash [Jay Garrick]
Synopsis	Guest scientist Flash shows readers how to take cardboard, a small glass plate, adhesive tape and blueprint paper to actually makes photographs of everyday objects.
Genre	fact
Pencils	Arthur F. Peddy
Inks	Bernard Sachs
Notes	This filler is NOT found in the Archives. Art credits by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006).

1 page Superman & Batman public service announcement "A Salute to the Boy Scouts of America"

Characters	Superman [Earth-2]; Batman [Earth-2]; Robin [Earth-2]
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Letters	Ira Schnapp
Notes	Found on the inside back cover. This PSA was NOT reprinted in the Archives.