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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.