(December 1953-January 1954)

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

The Machines of Menace (Table of Contents)

Batman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Win Mortimer (confirmed by Mortimer)
Inks:
Win Mortimer (confirmed by Mortimer)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

The Joker's Movie Crimes! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 9.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger?
Pencils:
Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks:
Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Joker (villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Quick Quiz / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Know Your Community! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Dick Grayson's Nightmare! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 9.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Sprang (verified by Sprang)
Inks:
Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Doc (villain); Blinky (villain); Moose (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

actually a Robin story; Batman makes only a token appearance


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor

The Deadly Dingo (Table of Contents)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Nick Cardy
Inks:
Nick Cardy
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Art identification from Gene Reed, July 2009.


Calling All Con Men! (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Miller
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset

The Machines of Menace! (Table of Contents)

Batman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils:
Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only); Lew Schwartz
Inks:
Charles Paris (verified by Paris)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Nero Thompson (villain, introduction); Sparky Watts (named after the Boody Rogers comic character, villain, introduction); Ned Herzo (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Woolfolk credit from Martin O'Hearn at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/; formerly attributed to Bill Finger


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Joker's Movie Crimes!
    Batman
  2. 2. [no title indexed]
    Quick Quiz
  3. 3. Know Your Community!
    Binky
  4. 4. Dick Grayson's Nightmare!
    Batman
  5. 5. [no title indexed]
    Casey the Cop
  6. 6. The Deadly Dingo
  7. 7. Calling All Con Men!
  8. 8. The Machines of Menace!
    Batman
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