Issue Details

Issue	#148
Published	January 1950
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Characters	Superboy
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino

10 page Superboy story "Superboy Meets the Mummer"

Characters	Superboy; The Mummer
Synopsis	The Mummer and his puppets seems a harmless novelty-- until he uses them to rob the Smallville Bank.
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron
Pencils	John Sikela
Inks	John Sikela

6 page Aquaman story "Cowboy of the Coral Seas"

Characters	Aquaman; Cowboy Charlie; BlackJack
Synopsis	Cowboy Charlie tries to herd seals.
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Samachson
Pencils	John Daly
Inks	John Daly

Half page Shorty filler "Working For a Sign Company Should Be Fun"

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

8 page Green Arrow story "The Strange Defenders of Montespan Castle"

Characters	Green Arrow; Speedy; Arrowjet; Lady DeMontespan; Count D'Anjou
Synopsis	Green Arrow's new supersonic Arrowjet sends the team into the past.
Genre	superhero
Script	GA writer 1?
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp
Notes	in Middle Ages France (probably a dream)

6 page Shining Knight story "The Sign of the Red Dragon"

Characters	Shining Knight; Skinny Murgatroyd; Merlin; Sir Gawain; Tom
Synopsis	The Shining Knight steers two boys from very different eras away from a life of crime.
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Samachson
Pencils	Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inks	Ruben Moreira
Notes	at Camelot

1 page Superboy public service announcement "Give Your Town a Present"

Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer

2 page text article "The Camera Goes To War"

Pencils	Raymond Perry ?
Inks	Raymond Perry ?
Colors	Raymond Perry ?
Letters	typeset

Half page Jerry the Jitterbug filler "Teacher said one of you boys should help me carry these books home"

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

8 page Johnny Quick story "The Treasure of the Conquistadores"

Characters	Johnny Quick; Tubby Watts
Synopsis	In the old West, three collectors vy for the clues to a lost treasure.
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron?
Pencils	Ralph Mayo
Inks	Ralph Mayo