A sharp early-’50s Superman issue featuring “The Secrets of Superman!” — a classic Wayne Boring / Stan Kaye story built around a time-capsule film reel where Superman accidentally reveals his true identity… and promptly loses the tape. Pure Weisinger-era tension: memory loss, atomic-age paranoia, and Clark scrambling to fix the one mistake he can’t let anyone see.
Win Mortimer turns in a strong cover with Superman watching himself on film, pulling open the shirt — a meta image you almost never see again in this era.
Art: Win Mortimer
Superman screens a film of himself revealing his Clark Kent identity — a perfect hook for the interior mystery. Clean Mortimer linework, great mid-century living-room detail.
Art: Win Mortimer
A classic Jack Schiff safety PSA on the inside front cover.
Art: Wayne Boring & Stan Kaye
Superman prepares material for a time capsule meant to be opened 5,000 years in the future. After an explosion damages his memory, one recording — the one revealing he is Clark Kent — goes missing. Cue a very 1952 chain of detective work, ethical dilemmas, and atomic-age stakes.
Congo Bill — “The Invaders of Indigo Island!”
Ed Smalle (art), 5.67 pages
Jungle stunts, runaway criminals, and a movie-set twist.
Tommy Tomorrow — “The Phantom Space Ship!”
Curt Swan & Ray Burnley (art), 5.67 pages
Insurance fraud in space and early sci-fi world-building from Edmond Hamilton.
Plus the usual early-1950s mix of Boltinoff humor pages, ads, text fillers, and PSAs.
Readable lower-mid copy with classic 1950s wear.
Cover presents well with moderate spine wear, creasing, and small edge chips.
Light soiling and general handling but colors remain strong.
Back cover tanning consistent with DC’s early-’50s newsprint.
Interior pages are cream/tan, fully attached at both staples.
A sharp early-’50s Superman issue featuring “The Secrets of Superman!” — a classic Wayne Boring / Stan Kaye story built around a time-capsule film reel where Superman accidentally reveals his true identity… and promptly loses the tape. Pure Weisinger-era tension: memory loss, atomic-age paranoia, and Clark scrambling to fix the one mistake he can’t let anyone see.
Win Mortimer turns in a strong cover with Superman watching himself on film, pulling open the shirt — a meta image you almost never see again in this era.
Art: Win Mortimer
Superman screens a film of himself revealing his Clark Kent identity — a perfect hook for the interior mystery. Clean Mortimer linework, great mid-century living-room detail.
Art: Win Mortimer
A classic Jack Schiff safety PSA on the inside front cover.
Art: Wayne Boring & Stan Kaye
Superman prepares material for a time capsule meant to be opened 5,000 years in the future. After an explosion damages his memory, one recording — the one revealing he is Clark Kent — goes missing. Cue a very 1952 chain of detective work, ethical dilemmas, and atomic-age stakes.
Congo Bill — “The Invaders of Indigo Island!”
Ed Smalle (art), 5.67 pages
Jungle stunts, runaway criminals, and a movie-set twist.
Tommy Tomorrow — “The Phantom Space Ship!”
Curt Swan & Ray Burnley (art), 5.67 pages
Insurance fraud in space and early sci-fi world-building from Edmond Hamilton.
Plus the usual early-1950s mix of Boltinoff humor pages, ads, text fillers, and PSAs.
Readable lower-mid copy with classic 1950s wear.
Cover presents well with moderate spine wear, creasing, and small edge chips.
Light soiling and general handling but colors remain strong.
Back cover tanning consistent with DC’s early-’50s newsprint.
Interior pages are cream/tan, fully attached at both staples.
