Issue Details

Issue	#50
Published	July 1942
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth, [Mort Weisinger, Murray Bolitnoff (assistants)]

Cover Details

Characters	Superman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Fred Ray
Inks	Fred Ray
Letters	typeset
Reprinted	In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

13 page Superman story "The Professional Baseball Player"

Characters	Superman [Clark kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Stan Doborak (I); Villains: Mike Caputo, Mabel Dawson.
Synopsis	Clark and Lois are on the way to Florida to check out the status of the Metropolis baseball club, when they accidently miss the train in a small town. Waiting for the next one, they spy a young man who has great prowess at pitching....a guy who wishes he could play for a professional club. Superman helps that small town boy become a professional baseball player.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils	Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks	Ed Dobrotka
Notes	Ed Dobrotka is not credited in the Archive edition, "pullman window" joke on page 7 is a direct reference to Jerry Siegel's appearance on Fred Allen's radio program. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.
Reprinted	In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

1 page Supermen of the U.S. Army filler "Major Thomas H.J. Trapnell"

Characters	Major H. J. Trapnell
Genre	fact
Pencils	Cliff Young?
Inks	Cliff Young?

Half page Laffs filler

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

12 page Vigilante story "The Man Who Came Back"

Characters	The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Samachson?
Pencils	Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton)
Inks	Cliff Young
Notes	Writer credit by Bob Hughes 8/06.

6 page Three Aces story "The Island Where Time Stood Still"

Characters	Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill and Whistler Will.
Genre	adventure
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Louis Cazeneuve
Inks	Louis Cazeneuve
Notes	Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

8 page Mr. America story "Blackmail"

Characters	Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley].
Genre	superhero
Script	Ken Fitch
Pencils	Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks	Bernard Baily (signed)

2 page text story "Sky Challenge"

Genre	adventure
Script	Eric Carter (signed)
Letters	typeset

Half page Rollin' Stone filler

Genre	gag
Script	Ray McGill
Pencils	Ray McGill
Inks	Ray McGill
Letters	Ray McGill
Notes	Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

6 page Congo Bill story "The Man of a Thousand Lives"

Characters	Congo Bill
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Fred Ray
Inks	Fred Ray
Notes	Writer revision from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

Half page Silly Willy filler

Characters	Silly Willy
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

Half page Chief Hot Foot filler

Characters	Chief Hot Foot
Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Notes	Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

9 page Zatara story "The Case of the Man who Could Not Die"

Characters	Zatara
Genre	occult
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Joseph Sulman
Inks	Joseph Sulman