| Issue | #56 |
| Published | January-February 1949 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 52 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual) |
| Characters | Superman; Smartypants |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Characters | Superman; The Prankster (villain); Perry White; Lois Lane |
| Synopsis | The Prankster tricks Superman into using his powers to help him commit crimes. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | William Woolfolk |
| Pencils | Al Plastino |
| Inks | Al Plastino |
| Characters | Superman; Lois Lane; F. P. Crotchett (intro); Little Joe Blaney (intro) |
| Synopsis | F. P. Crotchett hasn't laughed in 20 years and offers $100,000 to anyone who can make him. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | William Woolfolk |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Notes | Plot revised and re-used in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #136. |
| Genre | children; humor |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Pencils | Raymond Perry ? |
| Inks | Raymond Perry ? |
| Colors | Raymond Perry ? |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Lit-Win |
| Pencils | Lit-Win |
| Inks | Lit-Win |
| Letters | Lit-Win |
| Characters | Superman; Smartypants; C. C. Skynhedd; Perry White |
| Synopsis | Prof. Skynhedd is an expert in progressive education. So how come a two year old can run rings around him? |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Alvin Schwartz |
| Pencils | Wayne Boring |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Script | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Pencils | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Inks | Henry Boltinoff (signed) |
| Letters | Henry Boltinoff |