Issue Contents:
"Got a match, Superman?"
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- The Prankster
Credits
- Pencils: Wayne Boring
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
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Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Headline Hoax!
"The Daily Planet prints a million newspapers a day, every one alike."
Storyline
The Prankster disguises himself as a blind news dealer and manufactures Daily Planet headlines to con certain people so that he can make a profit off of them!
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- Perry White
- Lois Lane
- Amos Amster
- Thomas Todd
- Joe
- The Prankster
Credits
- Script: Jerry Siegel
- Pencils: Sam Citron
- Inks: Don Komisarow
Story Notes
Siegel script credit from John Wells. Previously credited to Don Cameron. Action Archives credits this story to Don Cameron as well. Credits changed to match Siegel's records: Siegel and Shuster v. National Comics Publications, Inc. et al., case no. 1099 (Westchester Cty. Sup. Ct. 1947). Oddity: in the last panel of page 10, Prankster is reading a copy of "The Daily Star" (the first newspaper Clark Kent worked for).
The Punctured Picture!
"Only a person mean and mephitic..."
Characters
- Hayfoot Henry
Credits
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Story Notes
Alvin Schwartz script credit and Stan Kaye pencils credit removed by Craig Delich. The Who's Who lists Alvin Schwartz as writer only from 1946-48 and Stan Kaye only as inker in 1944. The text is written in rhyming couplets.
The Rainbow Man Sees Red!
"You've met that slickest scoundrel in the spectrum of crime, The Rainbow Man..."
Storyline
The Rainbow Man, while in prison, fakes a debilitating illness. The warden calls in Vigilante to talk to him, but the villain is present in the room disguised as a doctor. Escaping, he then disguises himself as the Mystic Masked Marvel in the Royal Order of Scarlet Tanagars. At the climax of their parade through the streets, Rainbow Man demands the jeweled statue which is to be presented to their illustrious past president. His imperious manner prevails and he drives away with it. Vigilante sets a trap based on the realization that Rainbow Man is now colorblind.
Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
- Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
- The Rainbow Man (villain)
- Spike (convict)
- Egghead (convict)
Credits
- Pencils: Mort Meskin
- Inks: Mort Meskin
"That must have been put there to keep the kids off!"
Characters
- Clancy
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Story Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich.
"Are you a good American?"
Outsmarting a Saboteur!
The Leaping Leopard!
"Congo Bill comes home after roaming the strange, far corners of the earth!"
Storyline
Bill exposes a jewel thief who has been disguising himself as a leopard, hoping that escaped circus animals will be blamed for his attacks.
Characters
- Congo Bill
- Jack Blane
- Farbach
- Zollini
You Can Save His Life!
Terror's Victim
Credits
- Script: Bob Shirey
The Pranks of Pan!
"In the olden days, Pan was supposed to live on Mount Olympus."
Storyline
The ancient god Pan, in the human guise of a curio shop owner, lets Jim Baker have a rare old coin on approval. Little realizing that the coin will manifest anything he says - a chauffeur-driven car, a mansion, a ship - a scared Baker turns to Zatara for help. Pan outwits him, but Zatara prevails and by the magical power of the coin, turns Pan into steam and forever banishes him from the earth.
Characters
- Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
- Pan
- Jim Baker
- Rocky Clark (crook)
Credits
- Pencils: William White (uncertain)
- Inks: William White (uncertain)
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.