Issue Details

Issue	#55
Published	November-December 1948
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Mort Weisinger, (actual)

Cover Details - "Too Many Heroes"

Characters	Superman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring; Stan Kaye (background figures)
Inks	Stan Kaye

12 page Superman story "Prankster's Second Childhood"

Characters	Superman; Prankster; Lois Lane; Professor Manley; Perry White
Synopsis	The Prankster is voted Most Admired Man by the students at the Manly Academy for Problem Children.
Genre	superhero
Script	William Woolfolk ?
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino

8 page Superman story "The Richest Man In the World"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Stephen Van Schuyler III, Mary Jones
Synopsis	Millionaire Stephen Van Schuyler wants to marry Lois Lane, so she stages a contest to see who can give her the most spectacular gifts, Schuyler or Superman.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Woolfolk
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye

1 page Daffy and Doodle filler "Dog Show Tonight"

Genre	humor
Script	Lit-Win
Pencils	Lit-Win (signed)
Inks	Lit-Win

Half page Casey the Cop filler "The Fine Points of Boxing"

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

2 page text article "The Boy Who Wasn't Too Bright"

Characters	Albert Einstein
Genre	bio
Script	Joe Samachson [as William Morrison]
Letters	typeset
Notes	Einstein bio

Half page Sonny filler "The Cat's Doing the Pulling"

Genre	humor
Script	Jack Bogle (signed)
Pencils	Jack Bogle (signed)
Inks	Jack Bogle (signed)

10 page Superman story "Too Many Heroes"

Characters	Superman; Jonathan Trundle; Peter Lorloff ; Carole Lorloff; Stella Lorloff; Felix Lorloff
Synopsis	Actor Peter Loroff wills all his money to the person who performs the most heroic deed in the week after his death.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye

Half page Little Pete filler "How To Throw Your Voice"

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