Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	May-June 1949
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	76
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters	Superman; Batman; Robin
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer
Notes	verified by Mortimer to Craig Delich.

12 page Superman story "The Two Lois Lanes"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane
Synopsis	Criminals use a double of Lois to distract Superman. Superman uses his strength to squeeze coal into a diamond.
Genre	superhero
Script	William Woolfolk ?
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino
Notes	writer credit by Bob Hughes.

10 page Green Arrow story "A Day In The Life of Robin Hood"

Characters	Green Arrow; Robin Hood; Monocle Mike; the Black Baron
Synopsis	Green Arrow switches places in time with Robin Hood.
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	George Papp (signed)
Inks	George Papp (signed)

8 page Doc & Fatty story "Ben Hur Wins a Race"

Characters	Ben Hur
Genre	humor; adventure
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman

12 page Boy Commandos story "The Handcuffs of Fate"

Genre	war; adventure
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Frank Giacoia

1 page Peg filler "What Elmer Knows"

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

6 page Zatara story "The Danger Sign"

Genre	occult
Script	George Kashdan
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Notes	writer verified by Martin O'Hearn

2 page Bebe story "Expressing Ourselves"

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

2 page text article "Foreign Flags Over America"

Genre	fact
Script	William I. Irwin (signed)
Letters	typeset

12 page Batman story "4 Killers Against Fate"

Characters	Commissioner Gordon
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney