Issue Details

Issue	#62
Published	January-February 1950
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)

Cover Details

Characters	Superman; Orson Welles
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye

12 page Superman story "Black Magic On Mars"

Characters	Superman; Orson Welles; Martler (Intro, villain); other Martians (Intro); Nancy Guild; Perry White; Lois Lane
Synopsis	Orson accidentally gets trapped in a rocket to Mars where he meets Martian Nazis. No one on Earth believes his broadcast pleas for help, except Superman.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Promotes the new Orson Welles film Black Magic. Superman's first visit to Mars.
Reprinted	in Superman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1971 series) #nn (1971); in Superman from the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn (1983)

10 page Superman story "The People Vs. Superman"

Characters	Superman; The Ace (Intro, villain); Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis	Superman is arrested for the murder of Clark Kent.
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	First extensive use of super-ventriloquism.

2 page text article "How Football Began"

Pencils	Raymond Perry ?
Inks	Raymond Perry ?
Colors	Raymond Perry ?
Letters	typeset
Notes	origin of football

1 page Superboy public service announcement "Give Your Town a Present"

Characters	Superboy
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer

4 page story "Pioneer Days In Oregon"

Script	Gardner Fox ?
Pencils	Fred Ray ?
Inks	Fred Ray ?

Half page Peg filler

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

Half page Shorty story

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

12 page Superman story "Mr. Mxyztplk, Hero"

Characters	Superman; Mr. Mxyztplk; Larissa Lee (intro, another LL!); Perry White; Lois Lane
Synopsis	Mxyztplk falls in love with actress Larissa Lee and decides to become a hero in order to impress her.
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	redone in Superman 174