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Issue Details

Issue #100
Published September 1955
Frequency monthly, with the exception of April, June, Oct., and Dec.
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)
Notes Cover has a date of SEPT.-OCT. but the indicia only says "Sept., 1955".

Cover Details

Characters Superman; Lois Lane
Genre superhero
Pencils Win Mortimer; Joe Shuster (Superman #1); Jack Burnley (Superman #25); Wayne Boring (Superman #50); Al Plastino (Superman #75)
Inks Win Mortimer; Joe Shuster (Superman #1); Jack Burnley (Superman #25); Stan Kaye (Superman #50); Al Plastino (Superman #75)
Notes Design is a new image of Superman but includes images of the covers of Superman #1, 25, 50 and 75.
Reprinted from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 [1/8 page]; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #25 [1/8 page]; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #50 [1/8 page]; from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #75 [1/8 page]

8 page Superman story "The Toy Superman Contest"

Characters Superman; Red Anson (Villain, Intro)
Genre superhero
Script Bill Woolfolk
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye

1 page Little Pete filler "Baw! What's the matter, Pete?"

Genre humor; children
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

8 page Superman story "Superman--Substitute Teacher"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane
Synopsis Superman accidentally gets called upon to be a substitute teacher in order to protect his secret identity.
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

1 page Shorty filler "This is some swell spot. I've caught a lot of fish!"

Genre humor
Script Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Letters Henry Boltinoff

2 page text story "Trouble-Shooters"

Script Jack Miller [as Jerry Malloy]
Pencils Raymond Perry
Inks Raymond Perry
Colors Raymond Perry ?
Letters typeset

8 page Superman story "The Clue From Krypton"

Characters Superman (Origin Retold); Jor-El; Jonathan Kent (Flashback); Martha Kent (Flashback); Floyd Fowler (Villain, Intro); Lois Lane
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye