Issue Details

Issue	#52
Published	May-June 1948
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger (actual)
Notes	Assistant editor dates approximate. First post Siegel and Shuster issue.

Cover Details

Characters	Superman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Assistant editor dates approximate. First post Siegel and Shuster issue.

Half page Little Pete filler "Meet the new delivery boy"

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

12 page Superman story "Preview of Plunder"

Characters	Superman; The Prankster; Lois Lane
Synopsis	The Prankster places statues around town announcing his next crimes- and all the statues show Superman helping him!
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Stan Kaye?
Notes	Writer id by Martin O'Hearn. Inker id by Bob Hughes 12/04.

12 page Superman story "Superman Turns On the Heat"

Characters	Superman; Hiram Brownlee
Synopsis	A small town farmer asks Superman for a favor which results in unforseen concsequences
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Samachson
Pencils	Ira Yarbrough
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn. Inker id by Bob Hughes 12/04

2 page text story "Open For Business"

Script	Bill Carlton
Letters	typeset

12 page Superman story "Superman In Valhalla"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Jack Allen; Bushy Barnes
Synopsis	Superman goes searching for a lost movie company and ends up seemingly in Valhalla, home of the Norse gods.
Genre	superhero
Script	Edmond Hamilton
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Notes	Writer ID by Martin O'Hearn.