Issue Details

Issue	#144
Published	September 1949
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)
Notes	Art id by Bob Hughes 8/05.

Cover Details

Characters	Superboy
Genre	superhero
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	Ed Dobrotka
Notes	Art id by Bob Hughes 8/05.

10 page Superboy story "The Way to Stop Superboy"

Characters	Superboy [Clark Kent]; Silver Smith.
Synopsis	Silver Smith tries to make Superboy afraid to use his powers.
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	John Sikela ?
Inks	Ed Dobrotka ?

8 page Green Arrow story "King of Counterfeits"

Characters	Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy West]; The Phoney Crook (villain, only appearance).
Synopsis	The Phoney Crook steals only counterfeits.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp

6 page The Shining Knight story "Sir Butch Goes into Business"

Characters	Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Sir Butch.
Synopsis	Butch goes into business selling soap to the people of Camelot.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Ruben Moreira
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Notes	Story takes place in Camelot.

6 page Aquaman story "A Martian Adventure"

Characters	Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Thungar of the Valley.
Synopsis	Aquaman visits a hidden valley on Earth with canals inspired by those of Mars.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	John Daly
Inks	John Daly

8 page Johnny Quick story "The Day That Was Five Years Long"

Characters	Johnny Quick; Joe Everett.
Synopsis	Joe Everett spent five years in jail for a crime he did not commit, so Johnny Quick helps him live those entire five years in one day.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Dan Barry (signed)
Inks	Dan Barry (signed)
Reprinted	in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #10; in Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1990 series) #[nn]