Super DC #2

(1969)

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

Direct Currents / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

typeset

Synopsis

ONE-PAGE ISSUE-OPENING EDITORIAL:

Jimmy’s Greatest Scoops - 0.25 page feature on Jimmy Olsen.

Star Pic: 2 - 0.15 page snippet on Michael Caine’s background (photo of Michael Caine).

Celluloid Struggle - 0.15 page feature on the saloon fight sequence in the film THE MOLLY MAGUIRES.

[Cartoon (1 panel), uncredited]

Jones The Singer means Tom Jones - 0.15 page snippet on the singer Tom Jones’ Welsh background.

Full Speed Ahead: Are You With Us? - One paragraph editorial: “...place a regular order with your newsagent – and do it NOW.”

The Fate of the Super-Super-Superman! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Cary Bates

Pencils

Curt Swan

Inks

George Klein

Letters

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Editing

Mort Weisinger

Genre

superhero

Characters

Supreme Brain (alien); Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Clark Kent; Perry White.

Synopsis

In gratitude for a deed of kindness, an alien being magnifies Superman’s powers beyond his ability to control them.

Reprints

• from Superman (DC, 1939 series) #198 (July 1967)

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

The Skipper's Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

This 2nd issue of Super DC, like the 1st issue, called for letters from British readers. But to start off the new feature it reprinted letters that were published in DC comics in America.

Letters from Fred Winters; Jim Doody; Fred Draper; James Paraskevas; Marc Eskenazi; Kathy Howton

Also included a 0.2 page feature, "QUIZMASTER: What do you know about Tarzan?". (Photo of Ron Ely as Tarzan)

The Clock King (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

The Dog From S.C.P.A.! (Table of Contents: 5)

Superboy / comic story / 4.5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

George Papp

Inks

George Papp

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Krypto; Superboy; Space Canine Patrol Agents [Tail Terrier; Tusky Husky; Chameleon Collie; Hot Dog; Bull Dog; Paw Pooch; Mammoth Mutt]; Chief Top Dog (villain); Canine Caper Gang (villain); Doggysaur (villain); Space Cat Patrol Agents [Atomic Tom; Power Puss; Crab-Tabby]

Synopsis

While Superboy is on a Legion mission, Krypto patrols space and sees a colossal dog super-hero (Mammoth Mutt) killed by a missile. He learns from the dying dog about the Space Canine Patrol Agents, a group of dog super-heroes - and the Canine Caper Gang, who fired the missile at him. Krypto helps free the SCPA, learning each dog's super-power and helps them defeat Top Dog and his Canine Caper bunch. Krypto is admitted to the SCPA then returns to Earth, awaiting his next adventure with them.

Reprints

• from Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #131 (July 1966)

Keywords

green kryptonite; Legion of Super-Heroes; Planet of Dog-People

The Bombshell of the Boulevards (Table of Contents: 6)

Lois Lane / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Dorfman

Pencils

Kurt Schaffenberger

Inks

Kurt Schaffenberger

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero; adventure

Characters

Lois Lane; Clark Kent; Superman; Jimmy Olsen

Synopsis

Lois Lane investigates a story involving a foreign Count who is courting a movie actress named Lois La Flamme and decides to impersonate her to get to the Count.
Superman discovers Lois' ruse and intervenes as Clark Kent, declaring his love to Lois La Flamme. The Count hears Clark propose to La Flamme, who announces that she is actually in love with Superman.
The Count challenges Superman to a duel, but his bullet ricochets from Superman into his own chest. Lois reveals her identity to Superman who reveals the faux duel with the count (actually Jimmy Olsen) as a way of getting back at her.

Reprints

• from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #67 (August 1966)
which is reprinted
• from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #1 (March-April 1958)