Issue Contents:
The Laughing-Stock of Metropolis
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]
- The Prankster
Credits
- Pencils: Wayne Boring
- Inks: Stan Kaye
- Colors: Jack Adler
Story Notes
inker id by Craig Delich
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
G Is for Gazelle
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Laughing Stock of Metropolis!
"What can make even a strong man quake with fear?"
Storyline
The Prankster sets out to make Superman the laughing stock of Metropolis. His antics include throwing custard pies in Superman's face and drawing a mustache on an official portrait. Superman retires from fighting crime and crooks run rampant. In disguise, Clark challenges The Prankster to the title of funniest man alive, during which he confesses to having been the cause of Superman losing face.
Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent
- also as Professor Hi Laryus]
- Lois Lane
- The Prankster (villain)
- Mayor Caldwell
- Jimmy Olsen
Story Notes
art id by Bob Hughes
"I just called to tell you you're all out of Wheaties, Mother..."
Credits
- Pencils: Fred Robinson
- Inks: Fred Robinson
The Legal Eagle!
"A crime quickly solved by Henry the cop..."
Characters
- Hayfoot Henry
Credits
- Script: Suat Yalaz
- Pencils: Stan Kaye
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Story Notes
The text is written in rhyming couplets.
"His strange magnetic powers save him from being torn to bits..."
The Burgling Bookman!
""Reading maketh a full man"..."
Storyline
The Vigilante and Stuff foil the schemes of a book collector who rigs up his volumes with tricks. In one, for example, he affixes $100 bills to the pages, in another he hollows out the insides and places gas in the cavity.
Characters
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
- Stuff, the Chinatown Kid
- Brainsworth (crook)
- Wilbert Walliston
Credits
- Pencils: Mort Meskin
- Inks: George Roussos
New Fangled Hoosegow
Credits
- Script: V. V. Dredaine
Upstream River Rats!
"In the dank, danger-teeming Amazon headwaters..."
Storyline
Bill exposes a pair of treasure hunters trying to keep visitors away from their gold stream.
Characters
- Congo Bill
- Hollis
- Leffridge
- Dutch
- Blackie
Credits
- Script: Suat Yalaz
- Pencils: Carolina Hernandez Mendoza
- Inks: Carolina Hernandez Mendoza
Story Notes
writer id by Craig Delich
Superman's Secret Message
Byron Nelson
Featuring Willie
"Could I have a nice, big piece of pie, Mommy?"
Credits
- Script: Phil Berube
- Pencils: Phil Berube
- Inks: Phil Berube
- Letters: Phil Berube
Spotlight for Cinderella!
"You all know Grimm's old, old tale of the three wicked sisters and the poor but pretty Cinderella."
Storyline
Alighting from a train in Hollywood, Zatara overhears a girl and her three step-sisters discussing a role in the movies. He visits his old friend Jack Stone, now a producer, and suggests a version of Cinderella using all four women.
Characters
- Zatara [Giovanni "John" Zatara]
- Julie Hunter
- Jack Stone
Credits
- Pencils: William White
- Inks: William White
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Cool Under Fire!
Story Notes
Back cover.