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Issue Details

Issue #87
Published August 1945
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger (actual)

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Ed Dobrotka ?

12 page Superman story "Danger Highway"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Perry White.
Synopsis Clark Kent writes a story about long distance truck drivers.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel?
Pencils Ira Yarbrough
Inks Stan Kaye?
Notes Credits by Bob Hughes 8/06.

5 page Hayfoot Henry story "A Winter Idyl"

Characters Hayfoot Henry
Genre detective; humor
Pencils Stan Kaye
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Writer credit revised from Alvin Schwartz to ? by Craig Delich 10-24-08. The Who's Who states that Schwartz wrote this strip from 1946-48.

10 page The Vigilante story "The Dummy Art Expert"

Characters Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; V: the Dummy.
Genre western
Script Joe Samachson?
Pencils Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Notes Writer credit by Bob Hughes 8/06.

2 page text story "Machine Guns"

Genre crime
Script Jack Miller (signed as Jesse Merlan)
Letters typeset

6 page Congo Bill story "Dead Men's Falls"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils John Daly
Inks John Daly

8 page Zatara story "The Show Goes On"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script Joe Samachson?
Pencils Wiliiam F. White
Inks William F. White
Notes Writer credit by Bob Hughes 8/06.