Issue Details

Issue	#250
Published	March 1959
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	36
Editing	Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Eye of Metropolis!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; John Bates
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Al Plastino
Reprinted	in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

12 page Superman story "The Eye of Metropolis!"

Characters	Superman [Clark Kent]; John Bates; Perry White; Lois Lane
Synopsis	John Bates has Clark Kent appear on his TV show "The Eye of Metropolis" in order to expose his double life as Superman.
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Gene Reed and Craig Delich say Stan Kaye inked this story. Previous credit read Wayne Boring. (8/05)
Reprinted	in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #183 (January 1966); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll ad"

1 page public service announcement "The Family Favorite"

6 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Boy Planeteer"

Characters	Tommy Tomorrow; Dikky Hale
Synopsis	5 1/2 year old Dikky Hale joins the Planeteers and demonstrate a "sixth sense," knowing when disasters are going to strike before the Planeteers do. But Tommy quickly realizes Dikky is not who he appears.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Pop ad"

Half page Ollie filler "These people called for a coal delivery"

Genre	Humor
Script	Henry Boltinoff
Pencils	Henry Boltinoff
Inks	Henry Boltinoff

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Superman of America"

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Letters

typeset

5 page Congorilla story "The Dunce of the Jungle"

Synopsis	Scientists, having heard of the intelligent golden gorilla, hire Congo Bill to capture Congorilla. But Bill swaps minds with the gorilla and scuttles the scientists' tests.
Genre	superhero; jungle
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman

Half page advertisement "Tootsie Roll Fudge ad"