Superman #60

DC Comics

United States

Published
September-October 1949
Page count
52
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Silver Age size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
DC: A Superman Publication
 
DC: A Superman Publication
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/7774

Credits

Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Mort Weisinger (actual)

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Superman) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superman

Credits

Art
Al Plastino
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited)
Mort Weisinger (actual)

Reprint history

Printed in
in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn
Show/hide 1. The Two Identities of Superman (Superman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Hollis Shore (villain); Toyman (cameo); Prankster (cameo); Luthor (cameo)

Credits

Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superman (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #69 ([May 1953?])
The Two Identities of Superman
 
United Kingdom
Superman (KG Murray, 1952 series) #42 (September 1953)
The Two Identities of Superman

Synopsis

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

Notes

redone in Action 302

Show/hide 2. The Men Who Had to Guard Superman (Superman) Comic story, 10 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Prof. Johns (intro); James Carson; Perry White

Credits

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye

Synopsis

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

Show/hide 3. Smokey, the Fire-Preventing Bear comes to the Rescue of Peter Porkchops (Peter Porkchops) Public service announcement, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Peter Porkchops
Genre
Anthropomorphic-Funny Animals
Characters
Smokey the Bear; Peter Porkchops

Credits

Script
Jack Schiff
Art
Otto Feuer
Show/hide 4. Casey the Cop (Casey the Cop) Comic story, 2 pages

"Golly, I haven't played baseball in years."

Featuring

Feature
Casey the Cop
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Art
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

Reprint history

Also printed
United States
Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #230 (April 1956)
Untitled
 
United Kingdom
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #91 ([September 1956])
Untitled
 
Australia
Superboy (Colour Comics, 1950 series) #91 ([September 1956?])
Casey the Cop
Show/hide 5. "All set for the helmet, Shorty?" (Shorty) Comic story, 0.5 pages
Show/hide 6. Birth of the Leathernecks Text article, 2 pages

Credits

Author
Art
Raymond Perry ?
Colours
Raymond Perry ?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis

origin of the U.S. Marines

Show/hide 7. Untitled (Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop) Comic story, 0.67 pages

Featuring

Feature
Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop
Genre
Non-Fiction

Credits

Script
Martin Naydel
Art
Martin Naydel
Letters
Martin Naydel
Show/hide 8. Superman Fights the Super-Brain (Superman) Comic story, 12 pages

Featuring

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

Credits

Script
Don Cameron ?
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye

Synopsis

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

Notes

Clark Kent actually changes to Superman in a phone booth!


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 38539

Entry created

  • 05/08/2021

Cover added

  • 05/02/2010

Index completed

  • 05/02/2010

Last updated

  • 05/08/2021