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Issue Details

Issue #249
Published February 1959
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 36
Editing Mort Weisinger

Cover Details - "The Kryptonite Man!"

Characters Superman; Luthor; Kryptonite
Genre superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Stan Kaye
Reprinted in Superman in the Fifties (DC, 2002 series) #nn; in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

1 page public service announcement "The Magic Card"

Genre teen
Script Jack Schiff
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily

12 page Superman story "The Kryptonite Man!"

Characters Superman; Luthor; Kryptonite; Jimmy Olsen; Fortress of Solitude
Synopsis Luthor takes a liquid kryptonite serum which makes it impossible for Superman to get near him. Superman makes a lead suit to protect himself, but Luthor has discovered a way to turn lead into glass. Eventually, Superman tricks Luthor into thinking he has become immune to Luthor's kryptonite radiations and Luthor takes an antidote, leaving himself open to capture.
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino
Reprinted in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #11 (June 1965); in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

Half page Casey the Cop filler

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

Half page Professor Eureka filler "Seance][First Line: We will now hold the séance."

Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff
Notes Title, first line and reprint data from Arthur Lortie, added August 2006.
Reprinted in Action Comics (1938 series) #278 (DC, 1961); Doom Patrol (1964 series) #91 (DC, 1964)

Half page Statement of Ownership text article

Genre fact
Script Jack Liebowitz
Letters typeset
Notes Publisher National Comics Inc 575 Lexington Ave, NY, NY Editor F. W. Ellsworth Owners: Harry Donenfeld, Jack Liebowitz, P Sampliner, G. Donenfeld, S. Sampliner, F. Iger, Irwin Donenfeld, Sonia Iger, Arlene Donenfeld, L. Liebowitz, J. Liebowitz

5 page Congorilla story "The Man-Ape's Mountain Mission"

Characters Congo Bill; Congorilla; Janu the Jungle Boy
Genre superhero; jungle
Script Robert Bernstein
Pencils Howard Sherman
Inks Howard Sherman

1 page Varsity Vic filler

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

1 page Metropolis Mailbag letters page

Script Mort Weisinger
Pencils Wayne Boring
Inks Stan Kaye
Letters typeset

5 page Tommy Tomorrow story "The Gambling Asteroid"

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

1 page Private Pete filler

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