(January 1954)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
44
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (Managing Editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)
Format:
Color; mostly Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age US size, Digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503; mostly Saddle-Stitched, Squarebound #390, 416, 491-503

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Win Mortimer
Inks:
Win Mortimer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Lana Lang; Professor Lang; Mrs. Lang; Kingorilla

Kingorilla (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
William Woolfolk
Pencils:
John Sikela
Inks:
John Sikela
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Professor John Lang; Mrs. Lang; Lana Lang; Kingorilla (introduction); Ma Kent; Pa Kent (bald)
Synopsis:
When the Lang disappear in the jungle, Clark and Lana go search for them, and they all end up being offered as a sacrifice to a giant ape.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Woolfolk's payment records (http://martinohearn.blogspot.com) Superboy squeezes coal into diamond.


Topsy-Turvy World (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ramona Fradon
Inks:
Ramona Fradon
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Quick Quiz (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
H. T. Elmo
Pencils:
H. T. Elmo
Inks:
H. T. Elmo
Colors:
?
Letters:
H. T. Elmo

[Polishing the Car] (Table of Contents)

Jerry Jitterbug / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
gag

"Johnny Quick, Traffic Cop" (Table of Contents)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ralph Mayo
Inks:
Ralph Mayo
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

The Curse of the Conquistador (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Raymond Perry
Inks:
Raymond Perry
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

The Jealous Archer (Table of Contents)

Green Arrow / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
George Papp
Inks:
George Papp
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Speedy
Synopsis:
Green Arrow keeps disappearing and letting Speedy do all the work and get all the credit.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Kingorilla
    Superboy
  2. 2. Topsy-Turvy World
    Aquaman
  3. 3. Quick Quiz
  4. 4. [Polishing the Car]
    Jerry Jitterbug
  5. 5. "Johnny Quick, Traffic Cop"
    Johnny Quick
  6. 6. The Curse of the Conquistador
  7. 7. The Jealous Archer
    Green Arrow
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