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Issue Details

Issue	#55
Published	December-January 1952
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details - "untitled"

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

12 page Superman story "The City That Exiled Superman"

Characters	Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis	A fake Superman convinces Metropolis that the real one has lost control of his powers.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Plastino
Inks	Al Plastino

10 page Green Arrow story "The Case of the Taunting Targets"

Characters	Green Arrow; Beetle Brogran
Synopsis	Beetle Brogran hides stolen radium in GA's arrows and then tries to get GA to shoot at him so he can get the arrows back.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	George Papp
Inks	George Papp

Half page Private Pete filler "Never Forget to Salute"

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

8 page Tom Sparks, Boy Inventor story "The King of the Boy Inventors"

Synopsis	Tom judges a boy inventors contest.
Genre	science fiction
Pencils	Bob Brown
Inks	Dan Barry ?

8 page Wyoming Kid story "The River-Toll Bandits"

Genre	western
Script	Gardner Fox
Pencils	Howard Sherman
Inks	Howard Sherman
Reprinted	in Hundred Comic Monthly, The (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #3

Half page Varsity Vic story "Invisible ink"

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

2 page Sagebrush Sam filler "Oilstrike?"

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

2 page text article "Paddle Footed Commandoes"

Synopsis	History of navy frogmen.
Genre	fact
Script	Henry F. Schlosser
Letters	typeset

12 page Batman story "The Bird Sayings Crimes"

Characters	Batman; Robin; the Penguin
Genre	superhero
Script	Bill Woolfolk
Pencils	Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures); Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inks	Stan Kaye
Notes	Other possible inkers include Will Elder and Ray Burnley. Writer confirmed by Martin O'Hearn. Kane pencil credit by Craig Delich (Dec. 2005).
Reprinted	in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #14 (September-October 1971)

1 page Anthony and Julius filler

Genre	humor
Script	unsigned
Pencils	unsigned
Inks	unsigned