Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 44
On-sale Date: 1954-01-25
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #88 Edit Cover
Cover Gallery 

The Terrible Trio!
(Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes / advertisement / 1 page

The Toughest Job in the World!
(Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 9.67 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (2)

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids; Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page

Editorial Advisory Board
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Buzzy Says "Start the Day Off Right!"
(Table of Contents: 6)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
  • Genre:advocacy; teen; humor
Characters:
Danny; Danny's mother; Miss Jones

The Dog Who Loved Superman!
(Table of Contents: 7)

Superman / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Professor (villain, introduction); Reginald (dog, introduction)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Jimmy's hair is mistakenly colored blond.

Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Shorty / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This car runs like an old tin can!
Characters:

St. Bernards of the Sea
(Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction
Reprints (0)
  • from ALL HANDS, The Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.67 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How long does the average dollar bill last before it wears out?

Superman's Secret Message
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

Supermen of America / in-house column / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Varsity Vic / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Let's go out in the garden.
Characters:
Linda
Reprints (1)

The Terrible Trio!
(Table of Contents: 14)

Superman / comic story / 9.67 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Reprints (6)

Superman on Television! Is Super-TV
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

The Adventures of Superman TV Show / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

Hopalong Cassidy / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Littleton Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

Artistic Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 19)

The Dollar Mystery Guild Book Club / advertisement / 1 page

my.comics.org
Tracked in 8 collections.
Issue at www.comics.org
View Change History
Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Terrible Trio!
    Superman
  2. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  3. The Toughest Job in the World!
    Superman
  4. [no title indexed]
    Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  5. ["Egypt sure is an interesting country."]
    Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids; Dubble Bubble Gum
  6. Editorial Advisory Board
  7. Buzzy Says "Start the Day Off Right!"
    Buzzy
  8. The Dog Who Loved Superman!
    Superman
  9. Junior Space Pilots on the Beam!
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  10. ["This car runs like an old tin can!"]
    Shorty
  11. St. Bernards of the Sea
  12. ["How long does the average dollar bill last before it wears out?"]
    Quick Quiz
  13. Superman's Secret Message
    Supermen of America
  14. ["Let's go out in the garden."]
    Varsity Vic
  15. The Terrible Trio!
    Superman
  16. Superman on Television! Is Super-TV
    The Adventures of Superman TV Show
  17. [no title indexed]
    Hopalong Cassidy
  18. [no title indexed]
    Littleton Stamps
  19. [no title indexed]
    Artistic Greeting Cards
  20. [no title indexed]
    The Dollar Mystery Guild Book Club
Related Links
Issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • mcomics
  • John Censullo
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
contact us
donate
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.