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Issue Details

Issue	#257
Published	October 1959
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "Clark Kent, the Reporter of Steel!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lex Luthor
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

12 page Superman story "The Reporter of Steel!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Superman Robots; Lex Luthor (villain)
Synopsis	Luthor creates a ray that gives super-powers and uses it on Clark Kent. But Clark convinces Luthor it also compels him to be super-generous, and Luthor destroys the device.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

Half page Tricksy, World's Greatest Stunt Man filler

Characters	Tricksy
Genre	Gag
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

6 page Congorilla story "The Man-Ape Skin Diver!"

Characters	Congo Bill; Janu; Golden Gorilla; Congorilla; foreign spies (villains)
Genre	superhero; jungle
Script	Robert Bernstein
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Script	Mort Weisinger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Letters	typeset

8 page Supergirl story "The Three Magic Wishes!"

Characters	Supergirl [Kara Zor-El]; Tim Baxter; Peggy
Synopsis	When Timmy Baxter doesn't believe in fairy tales, Supergirl decides to prove him wrong.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Reprinted	in Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #178 (August-September 1976); in Supergirl Archives (DC, 2001 series) #1; in Showcase Presents: Supergirl (DC, 2007 series) #1