Issue Contents:
Credits
- Pencils: Wayne Boring
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Featuring Superman; Batman; Boy Commandos
"Only in a Superman DC Publication are found..."
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Mr. Mxyztplk Returns!
"Do you remember that gnomish nuisance from an unknown dimension..."
Storyline
When unusual and weird things begin affecting Clark Kent, there is only one answer for it: that imp from another dimension has returned, and that means more headaches for the Man of Tomorrow!
Credits
- Script: Don C. Cameron
- Pencils: Ira Yarbrough
- Inks: Ira Yarbrough
Story Notes
Mr. Mxyztplk first appeared in Superman #30.
"First horse thievin'..."
Credits
- Pencils: Carlos Moreno Diaz
- Inks: Carlos Moreno Diaz
The Riddle of the Reservoir!
"For Congo Bill, it's a case of no rest from the wicked..."
Storyline
Bill stumbles into a plot to cover the tracks of racketeers Manton and Horgan.
Characters
- Horace Manton
- Miggs Horgan
Credits
- Script: Whitney Ellsworth
- Pencils: John Daly
- Inks: John Daly
Story Notes
The story takes place in a city setting, not the jungle.
Featuring The Big All-American Comic Book
"All I can say is wow!"
"Gee, Professor, what is it?"
Characters
- Jimmy (unnamed)
- Professor
"Did you ever play baseball, Grandpa?"
Characters
- Grandpa Peters
Credits
- Script: Tom McNamara
- Pencils: Tom McNamara
- Inks: Tom McNamara
- Letters: Tom McNamara
Story Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
The Pillager of the Parthenon!
"Out of the tiny nation of Greece..."
Storyline
Greek patriots smuggled out a quantity of gems, which they intend to sell to finance further activities. Reporter Jake Spencer apparently steals the gems, but he is being framed by Sam Sarantak.
Characters
- Jake Spencer
- Sam Sarantaki
- Jeff Guthrie
- Dirty Dan
Credits
- Pencils: Mort Meskin
- Inks: Mort Meskin
"This sounds swell!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Story Notes
Script credit added by Craig Delich.
Superman's Secret Message
Escape by Night
The Hair That Wasn't There!
"From the queer rhyming town of Sleepyside..."
Characters
- Hayfoot Henry
Credits
- Pencils: Thurston Harper
- Inks: Thurston Harper
Story Notes
Art credits by Jerry Bails. Alvin Schwartz script credit removed by Craig Delich. According to the Who's Who, Schwartz wrote this strip from 1946-48. The text is written in rhyming couplet.
Tumbling Timber!
"When a raging fire wipes out a forest..."
Storyline
Jack Rand contacts Zatara about mysterious happenings at his lumber camp. Zatara flies to the camp and witnesses logs which started at the head of a chute disappear before reaching the river. He starts to walk up the chute when an oncoming log forces him to jump. Trying again, he gets to a point where the rival camp of Zeb Carter can be seen, and his lake is full of logs. Zatara discovers a mechanism which lifts a portion of the chute so that the logs divert into Carter's lake, and he exposes a conspiracy between Carter and Rand's foreman Jeff Lund.
Characters
- Jack Rand
- Jeff Lund
- Zeb Carter
Credits
- Pencils: Scott Shriver
- Inks: Scott Shriver