Dates
- Cover date
- October 1950
- On sale
- August 14, 1950
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Courtship on Krypton! · 12 pages
While investigating a story about a returning guided rocket, Lois Lane discovers three recorded discs from the Krypton marriage bureau, that documents the courtship between Joe-El and Lara, Superman’s parents. Lois attempts to apply the exact same strategy on Superman, that Lara used to capture the heart of Joe-El on Krypton.
- Tommy Tomorrow, Movie Hero! · 8 pages
Tommy is assigned to John Graham's latest movie as technical advisor. Millings keeps trying to buy Graham out, but when he is refused yet again he hires two crew members working on the film to sabotage production. Ironically, in this manner Graham manages to get a great amount of exciting footage, thanks to the fast thinking of Tommy.
- Play Ball! · 5.67 pages
Bill foils a coup and induces the Gaekwar to abdicate in favor of his baseball-loving nephew.
- Fun from the Tropics · 2 pages
About raising tropical fish.
- Wheels for a Hero! · 10 pages
Vigilante visits a wounded veteran who has developed a streamlined Vigilante cycle. Unscrupulous cycle dealer Lyle Jordan calls it impractical, but offers to buy it and all the patents as a curiosity for $5,000. Vigilante offers to give it a test run, resulting in Jordan upping his offer to $25,000. When this too is refused Jordan pays some men to sabotage the tests. Vigilante overcomes all obstacles and Ames goes into manufacturing product with a will.
Characters
Reprinted in
Superman (1947)