Dates
- Cover date
- August 1953
- On sale
- June 29, 1953
- Pages
- 44
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Perfect Plot to Kill Superman! · 12 pages
Luthor discovers that any bullet which has struck Superman's invulnerable body undergoes a spectroscopic alteration which veers it towards becoming Kryptonite. He collects tons of the metal and extracts the deadly substance, then challenges Superman to a duel.
- The Stamp of Doom! · 6 pages
A imposter replaces an artist commissioned to capture Bill's likeness for a new postage stamp and sabotages Bill's protection of an ivory caravan.
- The Showboat of Space! · 5.67 pages
Dr. Kardak invents a device which nullifies gravitational pull. Various rare substances are required for its manufacture, and these are being stolen with alarming speed, occurring in the same vicinity of the travelling entertainment Show-boat rocket.
- The Halls of Montezuma · 2 pages
- The Jinx Saddle! · 7.67 pages
A horse saddle acquired a curse as a jinxed object when a notorious bandit is hanged sitting upon it. In the present day, some townsfolk believe it threw miner Jeb Peters to his death, but Vigilante proves the curse to be a fake by using it on his own steed.
Reprinted in
Superman (1939), DC Finest: Science Fiction: The Gorilla World (2025)