Issue Details

Issue	#49
Published	December-January 1951
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	76
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor!"

Characters	Superman; Batman; Robin; Tom Sparks
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Stan Kaye

12 page Superman story "The Men Who Shot Superman"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Howard Figit (intro)
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino
Notes	writer id by Martin O'Hearn

Half page Casey the Cop filler "Annual Police Ball"

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

10 page Green Arrow story "The City Without a Jail"

Genre	superhero
Script	George Kashdan
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp

8 page Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor story "Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor"

Characters	Tom Sparks (intro); Nick Sparks (intro); Colonel Rey (intro)
Genre	Science fiction
Pencils	Dan Barry ?; Arthur F. Peddy ?
Inks	Dan Barry ?
Notes	Intro story- continued next issue. Added pencil credit [Peddy] by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).

1 page public service announcement "Your United Nations At Work!"

Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer

10 page Wyoming Kid story "The Town the Law Forgot"

Genre	western
Script	Ryerson Johnson
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman

1 page Shorty filler "Pool It!"

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

6 page Zatara story "Terror on the Choo Choo Train"

Genre	occult
Script	Joe Samachson
Pencils	Ralph Mayo
Inks	Ralph Mayo
Notes	writer id by Martin O'Hearn

2 page Varsity Vic filler "Miss Lonely Hearts' Advice"

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

2 page text article "Wrestling Through The Ages"

Genre	fact
Letters	typeset

Half page Clue Cartoon activity "untitled"

Script	Martin Naydel (signed)
Pencils	Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks	Martin Naydel (signed)
Notes	puzzle

12 page Batman story "White Feather For Batman"

Characters	Penguin
Genre	superhero
Script	David Vern
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Dick Sprang
Notes	inker id by Craig Delich 6/04