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Issue Details

Issue	#248
Published	January 1959
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Man No Prison Could Hold!"

Characters	Superman; Von Kamp; Congorilla (inset)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

11 page Superman story "The Man No Prison Could Hold!"

Characters	Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Von Kamp (villain)
Synopsis	Superman becomes a prisoner of an island work camp in order to discover what weapon a nazi scientist is creating.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

1 page Tricksy, World's Greatest Stunt Man filler

Genre	Gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page public service announcement "Formula for Success!"

Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Bob Brown

6 page Congorilla story "The Amazing Congorilla"

Characters	Congo Bill; Congorilla (origin); Janu the Jungle Boy; Kawolo
Genre	superhero; jungle
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman
Notes	continuation of Congo Bill strip
Reprinted	in Weird Secret Origins (DC, Oct 2004)

Half page Shorty filler

Script	Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Script	Mort Weisinger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	typeset

6 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Graveyard of Space"

Characters	Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; Lor-Li
Genre	science fiction
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney