Issue Details

Issue	#42
Published	September-October 1949
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	76
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "The Wyoming Kid"

Characters	Superman; Batman; Robin; the Wyoming Kid
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Wayne Boring (Superman); Win Mortimer (Batman & Robin); Howard Sherman (Wyoming Kid)
Inks	Stan Kaye (Superman); Win Mortimer (Batman & Robin); Howard Sherman (Wyoming Kid)

12 page Superman story "The Alphabetical Animal Adventure"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane
Synopsis	Aliens from Uranus come to Earth in flying saucers to collect two of every kind of animal, including humans.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino

1 page Little Pete filler "Big" Fish

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

10 page Green Arrow story "The Unknown Adventure"

Characters	Green Arrow; Arrowplane
Synopsis	Green Arrow goes to Mars!
Genre	superhero
Script	Otto Binder
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp

8 page Doc & Fatty story "The Knights of the Square Table"

Characters	King Arthur
Genre	humor; adventure
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman

9 page Wyoming Kid story "On the Vengeance Trail"

Genre	western
Script	Ryerson Johnson
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman
Notes	confirmed by Ryerson Johnson to Craig Delich

4 page Gantry Daniels biography (nonfictional) "The Sun-Born Mountain Man"

Characters	Gantry Daniels
Genre	fact
Pencils	Bruno Premiani
Inks	Bruno Premiani
Notes	biography of Gantry Daniels

6 page Zatara story "The Varmint and the Wizard"

Genre	occult
Script	Joe Samachson?
Pencils	Joe Kubert
Inks	Joe Kubert
Notes	writer id by Bob Hughes

2 page text article "Cowhide In the Clouds"

Genre	fact
Letters	typeset

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "Smokey the Bear Comes to The Rescue"

Characters	Smokey the Bear
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Otto Feuer ?
Inks	Otto Feuer ?

13 page Batman story "The Amazing Adventure of Batman and Marco Polo"

Characters	Batman; Carter Nichols; Marco Polo
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Jim Mooney
Inks	Jim Mooney
Notes	a time-travel tale. Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn.