Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #229
Published June 1957
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan (assistants)

Cover Details - "The Superman Satellite"

Characters Superman
Genre superhero
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino

12 page Superman story "The Superman Satellite"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Perry White; Dr. John Haley;
Synopsis After Superman destroys a deadly meteor he cannot return to Earth.
Genre superhero
Script Edmond Hamilton
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye

Half page Quick Quiz story

Script H. T. Elmo
Pencils H. T. Elmo
Inks H. T. Elmo

1 page public service announcement "Worldwide Adventures In Science"

Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Ruben Moreira
Inks Ruben Moreira
Letters Ira Schnapp

6 page Congo Bill story "The Great Jungle Swindle"

Characters Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy
Genre jungle
Script Jack Miller
Pencils Nick Cardy
Inks Nick Cardy

Half page Varsity Vic filler

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

2 page text article "Games That Save Lives"

Genre fact
Letters typeset

6 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Milky Way Hunt"

Characters Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood
Genre science fiction
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney