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Issue Details

Issue #60
Published September-October 1949
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Reprinted in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn

12 page Superman story "The Two Identities of Superman"

Characters Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Hollis Shore (villain); Toyman (cameo); Prankster (cameo); Luthor (cameo)
Synopsis Superman tries to convince Hollis Shore that he's really Perry White.
Genre superhero
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes redone in Action 302

10 page Superman story "The Men Who Had to Guard Superman"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Prof. Johns (intro); James Carson; Perry White
Synopsis When a dying scientist tells Clark a secret formula, the Secret Service decides they must protect him.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-31

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "Smokey, the Fire-Preventing Bear Comes to the Rescue of Peter Porkchops"

Characters Smokey the Bear; Peter Porkchops
Genre funny animals
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Otto Feuer
Inks Otto Feuer

2 page Casey the Cop filler "Golly, I haven't played baseball in years"

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

Half page Shorty filler "All set for the helmet, Shorty?"

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

2 page text article "Birth of the Leathernecks"

Synopsis origin of the U.S. Marines
Pencils Raymond Perry ?
Inks Raymond Perry ?
Colors Raymond Perry ?
Letters typeset

Half page Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop filler

Genre fact
Script Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks Martin Naydel (signed)
Letters Martin Naydel (signed)

12 page Superman story "Superman Fights the Super-Brain"

Characters Superman; The Toyman (villain); the Super-Brain (Intro, Dies, a computer); Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis The Toyman builds a super computer to plot crimes for him.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron ?
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Clark Kent actually changes to Superman in a phone booth!