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Issue Details

Issue #50
Published July 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth, [Mort Weisinger, Murray Bolitnoff (assistants)]

Cover Details

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Letters typeset
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

13 page Superman story "The Professional Baseball Player"

Characters Superman [Clark kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Stan Doborak (I); Villains: Mike Caputo, Mabel Dawson.
Synopsis Clark and Lois are on the way to Florida to check out the status of the Metropolis baseball club, when they accidently miss the train in a small town. Waiting for the next one, they spy a young man who has great prowess at pitching....a guy who wishes he could play for a professional club. Superman helps that small town boy become a professional baseball player.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils Leo Nowak (signed as Joe Shuster)
Inks Ed Dobrotka
Notes Ed Dobrotka is not credited in the Archive edition, "pullman window" joke on page 7 is a direct reference to Jerry Siegel's appearance on Fred Allen's radio program. Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.
Reprinted In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #3 (2001).

1 page Supermen of the U.S. Army filler "Major Thomas H.J. Trapnell"

Characters Major H. J. Trapnell
Genre fact
Pencils Cliff Young?
Inks Cliff Young?

Half page Laffs filler

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

12 page Vigilante story "The Man Who Came Back"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson?
Pencils Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton)
Inks Cliff Young
Notes Writer credit by Bob Hughes 8/06.

6 page Three Aces story "The Island Where Time Stood Still"

Characters Three Aces: Fog Fortune, Gunner Bill and Whistler Will.
Genre adventure
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

8 page Mr. America story "Blackmail"

Characters Mr. America [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley].
Genre superhero
Script Ken Fitch
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)

2 page text story "Sky Challenge"

Genre adventure
Script Eric Carter (signed)
Letters typeset

Half page Rollin' Stone filler

Genre gag
Script Ray McGill
Pencils Ray McGill
Inks Ray McGill
Letters Ray McGill
Notes Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

6 page Congo Bill story "The Man of a Thousand Lives"

Characters Congo Bill
Genre jungle
Pencils Fred Ray
Inks Fred Ray
Notes Writer revision from Fred Ray? to ? by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

Half page Silly Willy filler

Characters Silly Willy
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

Half page Chief Hot Foot filler

Characters Chief Hot Foot
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Notes Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-7-08.

9 page Zatara story "The Case of the Man who Could Not Die"

Characters Zatara
Genre occult
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Joseph Sulman
Inks Joseph Sulman