Issue Details

Issue	#129
Published	February 1949
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger (actual)

Cover Details - "Lois Lane, Cavegirl"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer

12 page Superman story "Lois Lane, Cavegirl!"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Gob-Gob
Synopsis	Superman finds what appears to be a real-live caveman frozen in an iceberg. Gob-Gob soon becomes all the rage in the better social circles and Lois adopts him as arm candy to make Clark Kent jealous (when Perry gives her a raise).
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Al Plastino
Notes	writer id by Martin O'Hearn

1 page Shorty filler "Parading Around"

Genre	gag
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

6 page Congo Bill story "The Derelict from the Deeps!"

Characters	Congo Bill; "Bad News" Haley; The Phantom Raider (villain)
Genre	jungle
Pencils	Ed Smalle
Inks	Ed Smalle

6 page Zatara story "The Flying Carpet!"

Characters	Zatara
Genre	occult
Script	Joe Samachson
Pencils	W. F. White
Inks	W. F. White

8 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Earth Doom!"

Characters	Tommy Tomorrow; Gordy; Craig
Synopsis	Tommy embarks on a seemingly senseless and dangerous tour of the solar system which ends up as a search for the unknown element 99.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	John Fischetti
Notes	Element 99 is Einsteinium, discovered in 1952.

2 page text story "The Greatest Peril of the Sea"

Script	Cliff Rhodes (signed)
Pencils	Raymond Perry ?
Inks	Raymond Perry ?
Colors	Raymond Perry ?
Letters	typeset

1 page Willy filler

Genre	gag
Script	Phil Berube
Pencils	Phil Berube
Inks	Phil Berube

8 page Vigilante story "The Desperadoes of Doom!"

Characters	The Vigilante; Stuff; The James Boys (villains, dream); The Dalton Brothers (villains, dream); Crazy-Gun Crawley (villain, dream); Billy the Kid (villain, dream)
Synopsis	Vigilante hallucinates battles with the greatest villains of the Old West.
Genre	superhero
Script	France Herron
Pencils	Bob Lubbers
Inks	Bob Lubbers