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Issue Details

Issue #241
Published June 1958
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger, George Kashdan (assistants)
Notes cover shows key to Fortress as a giant skeleton key.

Cover Details - "The Super-Key to Fort Superman!"

Characters Superman; Fortress of Solitude
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes cover shows key to Fortress as a giant skeleton key.
Reprinted in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

12 page Superman story "The Super-Key to Fort Superman"

Characters Superman; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Fortress of Solitude (intro); Batman; Joker (trophy); Green Kryptonite
Synopsis Someone has broken into Superman's Fortress of Solitude, so Superman searches the place for clues.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Coleman
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Notes Superman's original Fortress appeared in Superman 58 (May 1949). No resemblance to the current version. Called Fort Superman on the cover, inside it's called the Fortress of Solitude. Fortress key on cover is shown as skeleton key. Inside, the classic square edged version is shown.
Reprinted in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #1 (1960); in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #173 (February 1968); in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1987 series) #nn; in Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, The (DC, 1989 series) #nn; in Best of DC, The (DC, 1979 series) #16; in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1; in Supermann (Williams Forlag A/S, 1969 series) #12/1969

Half page Video Laffs filler

Genre humor
Script Harry Lampert?
Pencils Harry Lampert?
Inks Harry Lampert?
Colors ?

Half page Hollywood Ha-Lights filler

Genre humor
Script Harry Lampert?
Pencils Harry Lampert?
Inks Harry Lampert?

1 page Tricksy the World's Greatest Stunt Man filler

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

6 page Congo Bill story "The Great Jungle Hoax"

Characters Congo Bill; Janu; Chota the Chimp
Genre jungle
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman

1 page text article "Read 'em and Laugh"

Letters typeset

Half page Jerry the Jitterbug filler

Genre teen; humor
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff

6 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Strangest Crew in the Universe"

Characters Tommy Tomorrow; Hal Carter; The Paradog; Robert Robo
Genre science fiction
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Jim Mooney

1 page public service announcement "Nature's Prize Pupils"

Genre fact
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bob Brown
Inks Bob Brown
Letters Ira Schnapp