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Issue Details

Issue	#78
Published	September-October 1952
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)
Notes	art id by West Stephan 7/05

Cover Details

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	art id by West Stephan 7/05

12 page Superman story "The Beast From Krypton"

Characters	Jor-El (Flashback); A snagriff (Villain, Intro, Death; a Kryptonian dragon)
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye

12 page Superman story "The Strong Man Club"

Characters	An unnamed crime boss (Villain); The Atlas Club (Intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye

3 page story "The Outwitted Outlaws"

Genre

Western

2 page text story "The Man Who Was Kind To Animals"

Synopsis	Henry Bergh bio (founder of ASPCA).
Script	Don Queen
Letters	Typeset

12 page Superman story "The Girls In Superman's Life"

Characters	Lana Lang (1st app. in SUPERMAN; as an adult); Mrs. Lewis Lang; Superboy (Flashback); Lens Lewis (Villain, Intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino
Reprinted	in Superman From the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #nn (1971); in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn (1983)