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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 typeset

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