(October 1953)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1953-08-26
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp (sourced)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]
Reprints
Keywords
batplane

Draw This Car (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Radio Station C-R-I-M-E! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lew Sayre Schwartz
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Commissioner James Gordon; Brand Kelden (villain, introduction); Donner; Rawson
Synopsis
Batman and Robin investigate a radio station that broadcasts information to criminals to help them plan their crimes and avoid capture by somehow mysteriously getting inside information from police headquarters.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Lew Sayre Schwartz pencils credit based on an article in Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman by Dale Cendali which presents the original page layouts by Schwartz for this story.

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

Casey the Cop / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Passing a light, eh?
Genre
humor
Characters
Casey the Cop
Synopsis
Casey's back hurts from bending over.

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

Sky Bar / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Maker of Mental Giants! (Table of Contents: 7)

Impossible-- But True / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inks
Ruben Moreira (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Roy Raymond
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Peg / cartoon / 0.67 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That must be Alan...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Peg; Alan
Synopsis
Peg brings her knitting along on a date with Alan.
Reprints

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

Scripto / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Binky Says: "Give Your Pet All the Breaks!" (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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

Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Binky

Superstitious Robot! (Table of Contents: 11)

Robotman / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Certa
Inks
Joe Certa
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Robotman

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Calling All Cars! (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller (credited as Jack E. Miller)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
When an alarm sounds, complex police machinery is set in motion.

The Line of Stars Presents Coming Attractions (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Unwilling... Witness! (Table of Contents: 15)

Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leonard Starr
Inks
Leonard Starr
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Pow-Wow Smith
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Artist credits from Craig Delich.

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

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Friendship Studios, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Motor's Auto Repair Manual / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  2. 1. Draw This Car
    Art Instruction, Inc.
  3. 2. Radio Station C-R-I-M-E!
    Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  4. 3. ["Passing a light, eh?"]
    Casey the Cop
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Sky Bar
  6. 5. ["Now that we're at the North Pole..."]
    Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
  7. 6. Editorial Advisory Board
  8. 7. The Maker of Mental Giants!
    Impossible-- But True
  9. 8. ["That must be Alan..."]
    Peg
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Scripto
  11. 10. Binky Says: "Give Your Pet All the Breaks!"
    Binky
  12. 11. Superstitious Robot!
    Robotman
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  14. 13. Calling All Cars!
  15. 14. The Line of Stars Presents Coming Attractions
    The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog
  16. 15. The Unwilling... Witness!
    Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Friendship Studios, Inc.
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Motor's Auto Repair Manual
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Craig Delich
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Arthur Lortie
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Matthew Peets
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore