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Issue Details

Issue #48
Published September-October 1947
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth; [Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger]
Notes inker id by Bob Hughes 12/04

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks George Roussos?
Notes inker id by Bob Hughes 12/04

12 page Superman story "The Man Who Stole the Sun!"

Characters Superman; Lex Luthor (villain); Harry Truman (guest appearance, seen from back); Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis Luthor uses a giant space ship to cut off sunlight from the Earth
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Sikela
Inks George Roussos?
Notes credits by Bob Hughes 12/04

12 page Superman story "Autograph, Please!"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Jimmy Olsen; Johnny Terrill (intro); Alexander Breckenridge III (intro, villain); Dr. Mason; Sharpley; Mugsy; George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; Julius Caesar; Napoleon Bonaparte; Harry S. Truman; General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Walter Winchell; Danny Kaye; Eddie Kantor; Ray Milland; Marguerite Chapman; Leonardo Da Vinci; Rembrandt van Rijn; Robert Fulton; Sir Isaac Newton; Benjamin Franklin; Alexander Graham Bell
Synopsis When the Daily Planet mounts an autograph contest, Superman helps Johnny Terrill collect signatures from around the globe and across time to give him the confidence to walk again. But Johnny has to compete against a young heir and his crooked bodyguards, who actually want to collect signatures so they can later forge checks. When Lois and the heir discover the bodyguards’ plans, Superman comes to their rescue, and then supplies Johnny with the winning autograph.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Sikela
Inks John Sikela
Notes Superman time travels under his own power for the first time. Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn, inker credit by Bob Hughes 2004-12.
Reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-38; in Superman: Past and Future (DC, 2008 series) #[nn]

1 page Flip Flop the Clown filler

Genre gag
Script Phil Berube (signed)
Pencils Phil Berube (signed)
Inks Phil Berube (signed)

2 page text story "Comeback of a Clown"

Script Tex Blane
Letters typeset

Half page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)

1 page Jimminy and the Magic Book advertisement

Characters Superboy, Robin, Jimminy
Genre fantasy
Pencils George Roussos?
Inks George Roussos?
Notes ad for new feature in More Fun Comics

12 page Superman story "The Rarest Secret in the World"

Characters Superman; Fathead Gurney (intro, villain); flashback to issue #6; Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis Clark is forced to rescue a man who may know his secret ID
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils John Sikela
Inks George Roussos
Notes inker credit by Bob Hughes 12/04

Half page Willy filler

Genre gag
Script Phil Berube (signed)
Pencils Phil Berube (signed)
Inks Phil Berube (signed)