(April-May 1953)

DC, 1940 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
44
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Comics Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth
Format:
Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; monthly; ongoing series

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Danger Club! (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Sprang
Inks:
Charles Paris
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit verified by Dick Sprang. Inks credit verified by Charles Paris.


The Danger Club (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
Bob Kane (signed)
Inks:
Charles Paris
Colors:
?
Letters:
Joe Letterese

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Milding (villain); The Danger Club (introduction)
Synopsis:
When members of the Danger Club are threatened, then violently are elminated one by one, Batman decides to join the club himself to try to track down the killer.
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Indexer Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Pencils credit corrected by Craig Delich 9-20-07 [Schwartz credit removed]. Inks credit verified by Charles Paris. synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-20-07.


["I hear there's lots of moose around here"] (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

Content Information

Genre:
humor
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["Hello, Bill. I've got the afternoon off"] (Table of Contents)

Casey the Cop / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
humor
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["You must be the boy who moved in next door"] (Table of Contents)

Peg / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
humor
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The Penguin's Fabulous Fowls! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils:
Bob Kane (Batman and Robin figures only); Lew Schwartz
Inks:
Charles Paris
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot](villain)
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Indexer Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn. Inks credit verified by Charles Paris.


["Wow! What a doll!"] (Table of Contents)

Varsity Vic / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
teen humor

160,000,000 Policemen (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Miller (signed)
Pencils:
Raymond Perry
Inks:
Raymond Perry
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
crime

[How fast do radio waves travel] (Table of Contents)

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
H. T. Elmo (signed)
Pencils:
H. T. Elmo (signed)
Inks:
H. T. Elmo (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
H.T. Elmo ?

People Are People! (Table of Contents)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Win Mortimer
Inks:
Win Mortimer
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Characters:
Superman

The Man of 100 Murders (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 9.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger ?
Pencils:
Jim Mooney
Inks:
Jim Mooney
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Ferris Hedrant (introduction, villain)

Indexer Notes

Pencil and inks credit verified by Jim Mooney


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Danger Club
    Batman
  2. 2. ["I hear there's lots of moose around here"]
    Shorty
  3. 3. ["Hello, Bill. I've got the afternoon off"]
    Casey the Cop
  4. 4. ["You must be the boy who moved in next door"]
    Peg
  5. 5. The Penguin's Fabulous Fowls!
    Batman
  6. 6. ["Wow! What a doll!"]
    Varsity Vic
  7. 7. 160,000,000 Policemen
  8. 8. [How fast do radio waves travel]
    Quick Quiz
  9. 9. People Are People!
    Superman
  10. 10. The Man of 100 Murders
    Batman
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