Comic Title: Superman #54
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Sep/Oct 1948
Approx. On Sale Date: June 30, 1948 Copyright Date June 28, 1948
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1948
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Mort Weisinger

Title: "The Wrecker"
Pages: 12

Feature(s):
Superman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Bill Finger
Penciller: Wayne Boring
Inker: Stan Kaye

Reprinted In:
Superman:The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 6 HC (2019)

Feature Character(s)

• Superman (last appearance in Action Comics #123; next appearance in Superman #54)

Supporting Character(s)

• Perry White (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #35; next appearance in Action Comics #124)
• Lois Lane (last appearance in Action Comics #123; next appearance in Superman #54)

Villain(s)

• The Wrecker and his gang (Jumbo named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Bill Tate (a cub reporter; no further appearances)
• Several train passengers and a switchman (no further appearances)
• Jack Hawk and Kid Keeley (boxers; no further appearances)

Comments:
Bill Tate resembles Jimmy Olsen with red hair, a green jacket, and a bow tie.

Synopsis:
A criminal known as the Wrecker derails a train in order to rob it. Superman helps victims of the crash, then reports the story as Clark Kent. After the story appears, Kent is assigned to mentor Bill Tate, the publisher's nephew. Tate shadows Kent when the Wrecker strikes again by blowing up a dam. Clark is forced to ditch Tate in order to go into action as Superman. He catches two members of the gang.

The Wrecker seeks to keep Superman out of his business. The crook recognizes that Kent is on the scene when Superman shows up, so he believes they are connected. He also learns that Kent is mentoring Tate. The Wrecker kidnaps Tate intending to use him against Superman. However, Tate uses newspaper lingo to clue in Clark about the Wrecker's next job. Superman stops it, rescues Tate, and finally capture the Wrecker.