Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1948-01-14
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]

Kodak Cameras and Film / advertisement / 1 page

The Execution of Clark Kent!

Superman / comic story / 12 pages


  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's unthinkable, it's incredible - but it's true"
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Elmo Botts; Slugger Maull (death); Big Al Strumm; Casey (police officer); Dr. Lagg
Synopsis:
Clark Kent is arrested for murder and sentenced to death in the electric chair. But Clark's death is part of an elaborate ruse for Superman to help Lois get evidence against mobster Big Al Strumm.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:...These new shoes look swell!
Characters:
Daffy; Doodle

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

A Modern Noah's Ark!

Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages


  • Genre:adventure; jungle
Characters:
Congo Bill; Janette Waleman; Noah Waleman; Allen Frisk
Synopsis:
Bill exposes a real estate speculator's efforts to get control of zoo property.

Superman's Secret Message

Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Editorial Advisory Board

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

The Light That Did Not Fail

Bright Star Flashlight Battery / advertisement / 0.5 page

Hermit for a Day!

Zatara / comic story / 7 pages


  • Genre:adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Do you ever get tired of your daily routine...
Characters:
Zatara [Giovanno "John" Zatara]; Bill Towers
Synopsis:
Zatara gives Bill Towers a taste of life without other people, when he deposits him on a remote tiny island.
Reprints (1)

Double Exposure

text story / 2 pages

[no title indexed]

Mr. District Attorney / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

An Oscar for Henry

Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:humor; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In Sleepyside there was a fish...
Characters:
Hayfoot Henry
Synopsis:
Oscar the fish, an attraction in the window of a department store, is stolen. Henry eventually finds it hidden at a fishmongers.

Indexer Notes

The text is in rhyming couplets.

Story title submitted by Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

The Blue-Ribbon Bandits!

Vigilante / comic story / 9 pages


  • Genre:adventure; superhero; western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:"This little pig went to market..."
Characters:
The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Stuff, the Chinatown Kid; Hugh Lansdale; Doc Daley (crook)
Synopsis:
Stuff claims the runt of a pig litter before it is destroyed, and raises it to become a prizewinner at the county fair.

Indexer Notes

There may be another penciler in addition to Roussos.

[no title indexed]

Western Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]

Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

American Boys Bill of Rights

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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