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Issue Details

Issue #58
Published May-June 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)

Cover Details - "Tiny Trix, the Big Shot of the Underworld!"

Characters Superman; Tiny Trix
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

12 page Superman story "Tiny Trix, the Bantam Bandit"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Tiny Trix (Intro, villain)
Synopsis Tiny Trix tries to get out of jail by claiming he's a juvenile.
Genre superhero
Script William Woolfolk
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Notes Writer credit by Craig Delich (Jan. 2006).

8 page Superman story "Lois Lane Loves Clark Kent"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis Lois' doctor advises her to try to transfer her love for Superman to a normal human, but her attempt to fall in love with Clark fails.
Genre superhero
Script William Woolfolk
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Writer ID from reprint in Superman in the Forties.
Reprinted in Superman in the Forties (DC, 2005 series) #nn

Half page Little Pete filler

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

2 page Shorty filler "This is a smart way to earn extra money"

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

1 page Casey the Cop filler

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

2 page text story "Ride the Wind"

Pencils Raymond Perry ?
Inks Raymond Perry ?
Colors Raymond Perry ?
Letters typeset

10 page Superman story "The Case of the Second Superman"

Characters Superman; Regor of Uuz [Winki Lamm] (intro); Bantor (Intro, villain); James Flint; Loria Rode; Fortress of Solitude (intro); Lois Lane
Synopsis An earth scientist rockets his child to another planet where he grows up with super powers. He comes to Earth seeking Superman's help against the criminal scientist Bantor.
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes First "other-world" Superman. First appearance of the Fortress of Solitude.