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Issue Details

Issue #244
Published September 1958
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)

Cover Details - "Superman's Undersea Kingdom!"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #187; in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

12 page Superman story "The Super-Merman of the Sea"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Vul-Kor (villain); Lya-La (villain); Undersea Fortress of Solitude (intro); Kryptonite
Synopsis Superman pretends to join forces with underwater-dwelling aliens in order to trick them into believing Earth's seas are too salty for them.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks John Giunta ?
Notes inks previously credited to Stan Kaye, but most likely not him. Probably John Giunta? Credits changed 12/06 by Bob Hughes, per Christopher Melchert
Reprinted in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #187 (June 1966); in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

1 page Shorty filler

Script Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Congo Bill story "The Riddle of the Roc"

Characters Congo Bill; Janu
Genre jungle
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman

Half page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

Script Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Casey the Cop filler

Script Henry Boltinoff ?
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

1 page Gag Bag filler

Genre Gags
Letters typeset

6 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Mystery of the Three Space Rookies"

Characters Tommy Tomorrow; Planeteers
Genre science fiction
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney