Issue Details

Issue	#59
Published	July-August 1949
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)

Cover Details

Characters	Superman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye

10 page Superman story "Lois Lane, Queen of the Amazons"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; A tribe of Amazons (Intro); Manya
Synopsis	Under a mysterious spell, Lois joins a tribe of Amazon women in the Amazon jungle.
Genre	superhero
Script	William Woolfolk ?
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye

1 page Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Rolls story "Captain Tootsie and The Mysterious Plan"

Characters	Captain Tootsie; Rollo
Genre	superhero; ad
Pencils	C. C. Beck (signed)
Inks	C. C. Beck (signed)

12 page Superman story "The Man of Steel's Super Manhunt"

Characters	Superman; Alan Shotwell (Intro, Dies, villain); Lois Lane
Genre	superhero
Script	William Woolfolk ?
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino

2 page Shorty filler "Her Brightest Student"

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

2 page text article "Green Magic"

Script	William Woolfolk [as William Irwin]
Pencils	Raymond Perry ?
Inks	Raymond Perry ?
Colors	Raymond Perry ?
Letters	typeset

Half page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

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

Half page Daffy & Doodle filler

Genre	humor
Script	Lit-Win
Pencils	Lit-Win
Inks	Lit-Win
Letters	Lit-Win

12 page Superman story "The City That Forgot Superman"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Mr. Mxyztplk
Synopsis	Mxyztplk makes everyone forget there ever was a Superman, and nothing Superman can do will convince anyone otherwise.
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Plot revised and re-used in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #150.