Superman #60

(September-October 1949)

The Two Identities of Superman (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Hollis Shore (villain); Toyman (cameo); Prankster (cameo); Luthor (cameo)

Synopsis:

Superman tries to convince Hollis Shore that he's really Perry White.

Reprints:

• in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #69 ([April 1953])

Indexer Notes

redone in Action 302

The Men Who Had to Guard Superman (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; Lois Lane; Prof. Johns (intro); James Carson; Perry White

Synopsis:

When a dying scientist tells Clark a secret formula, the Secret Service decides they must protect him.

Reprints:

• in Superman (K. G. Murray, 1947 series) #71 (1953)
• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-31 (October-November 1974)

Smokey, the Fire-Preventing Bear Comes to the Rescue of Peter Porkchops (Table of Contents)

Peter Porkchops / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Otto Feuer

Inks:

Otto Feuer

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

funny animals

Characters:

Smokey the Bear; Peter Porkchops

["Golly, I haven't played baseball in years"] (Table of Contents)

Casey the Cop / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["All set for the helmet, Shorty?"] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Birth of the Leathernecks (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Raymond Perry ?

Inks:

Raymond Perry ?

Colors:

Raymond Perry ?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

origin of the U.S. Marines

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Pencils:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Inks:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Martin Naydel (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Superman Fights the Super-Brain (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Cameron ?

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Superman; The Toyman (villain); the Super-Brain (Intro, Dies, a computer); Lois Lane; Perry White

Synopsis:

The Toyman builds a super computer to plot crimes for him.

Indexer Notes

Clark Kent actually changes to Superman in a phone booth!