Issue Details

Issue	#53
Published	August-September 1951
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	76
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters	Robin; Superman; Batman
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Win Mortimer
Inks	Win Mortimer

12 page Superman story "The City That Was For Sale"

Characters	Perry White; Lois Lane; Superman
Synopsis	An encounter with an unknown black planet destroys Superman's fine motor control.
Genre	superhero
Script	Alvin Schwartz?
Pencils	Wayne Boring
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	proto-Red K story. Writer id by Bob Hughes.

Half page Casey the Cop filler "The New Suit"

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

10 page Green Arrow story "The Master of 1000 Duels"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp

10 page Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor story "The Battle of the Beasts"

Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Bob Brown?
Inks	Dan Barry?

8 page Wyoming Kid story "Valley of Dusty Death"

Genre	western
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman

Half page Quick Quiz filler "untitled"

Genre	fact
Script	H. T. Elmo (signed)
Pencils	H. T. Elmo (signed)
Inks	H. T. Elmo (signed)

8 page Danger Trail story "Passage to Peru"

Genre	adventure
Pencils	Carmine Infantino
Inks	Frank Giacoia
Notes	inventory from Danger Trail

Half page Varisty Vic filler "Strategey Session"

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

1 page Prof Eureka filler "New Stars?"

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

2 page text article "Stages Through The Ages"

Genre	fact
Script	B. Fairbanks (signed)
Letters	typeset

12 page Batman story "The Private Life of Commissioner Gordon"

Characters	Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Tony Gordon (Introduction)
Synopsis	Flashback of the life of Jim Gordon.
Genre	superhero
Script	David Vern
Pencils	Dick Sprang
Inks	Charles Paris
Notes	The story gives the date of James Gordon's birth as January 5, 1900.

1 page Peter Porkchops public service announcement "Sweet Land of Liberty"

Genre	funny animal
Script	Jack Schiff
Pencils	Otto Feuer
Inks	Otto Feuer