Issue Details

Issue	#240
Published	May 1958
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan (assistants)

Cover Details - "The Superman Sphinx"

Characters	Superman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Stan Kaye

12 page Superman story "The Secret of the Superman Sphinx"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Clark Kent robot; Perry White; kryptonite
Synopsis	Lois discovers a Clark Kent robot in a closet at the Daily Planet, and a strange Sphinx with a Superman head and kryptonite vision goes into orbit around the Earth.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye

1 page Ollie filler

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

1 page Ollie filler

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

6 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Trial of Tommy Tomorrow"

Characters	Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood
Synopsis	Tommy is on trial for the murder of Brent Wood.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Reprinted	in Big Boy (Artima, 1956 series) #45; in Legion of Super-Heroes (DC, 1973 series) #3 (April-May 1973)

Half page Little Pete filler

Genre	celebrity; humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff
Letters	Henry Boltinoff

1 page text article "Chuckle Box"

Letters

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1 page Animal Wonderland filler

Genre	fact
Script	Martin Naydel
Pencils	Martin Naydel
Inks	Martin Naydel

6 page Congo Bill story "Trapped in the Insect World"

Characters	Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Professor Wakely
Genre	jungle
Script	Jack Miller ?
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman
Notes	Story title from Dick Sabo on 8 November 2004. Writer id by Bob Hughes 12/06

1 page Buzzy public service announcement "That Deep Dark Secret"

Genre	teen; humor
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer