(March 1976)
DC,
1974 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly with a special edition in February
- On-sale Date
- 1976-05-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Editing
- Carl Gafford (credited) (managing editor); Bob Rozakis (credited) (managing editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (credited) (contributing editor); Jack C. Harris (credited) (contributing editor); Bob Rozakis (credited) (contributing editor); Anthony Tollin (credited) (contributing editor)
Issue Notes
Official DC fanzine, published by DC. Mostly articles about DC characters and their creators.
Cover says April, 1976. Indicia says March 1976. On-sale date from copyright registration.
Cover says April, 1976. Indicia says March 1976. On-sale date from copyright registration.
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dick Dillin (credited) (signed as
Dick Dillin) - Inks
- Dick Dillin (credited) (signed as Dick Dillin)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Out, you super-heroes! This mag belongs to us-- the super-villains!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Joker; Lex Luthor; Superman; Ocean Master; Aquaman; Captain Cold; Flash; Dr. Light; Wonder Woman; Sinestro; Green Lantern
Super-Villains Then and Now
The Joker; Lex Luthor; Star Sapphire / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack C. Harris (credited)
- Pencils
- Al Plastino; Al Plastino; Joe Shuster; John Sikela; Kurt Schaffenberger; Lee Elias; Gil Kane; Bob Kane; Jerry Robinson; Irv Novick; Dick Giordano
- Inks
- Bob Kane; Al Plastino; Al Plastino; Paul Cassidy; John Sikela; Kurt Schaffenberger; Moe Worthman; Joe Giella; Bob Kane; Jerry Robinson; Tex Blaisdell; Dick Giordano
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm Lex Luthor, Superman's oldest and most cunning foe. I've changed over the years...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Lex Luthor; Star Sapphire; Joker
- Synopsis
- A look at how villains have evolved in art over the years.
Indexer Notes
The art is taken from various books over the years. Inside cover.
Lex Luthor: Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #271 (by Plastino), Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #23 (by Shuster & Cassidy), #47 (by Sikela), and The Superman Family (DC, 1974 series) #172 (by Schaffenberger).
Star Sapphire: All-Flash (DC, 1941 series) #32 (by Elias & Worthman) and Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #16 (by Kane & Giella).
Joker: Batman (DC, 1940 comics) #1 (by Kane and Robinson), and The Joker (DC, 1974 series) #6 (by Novick & Blaisdell with adaptations) with the cover of #1 (by Giordano).
The Wrong Arm of the Law!
Batman; Black Canary; The Creeper; Harlequin; The Hawk and the Dove; Plastic Man; Superman / about comics / 4 pages
- Script
- Michael Uslan (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Shuster; Bob Kane; Carmine Infantino; Jack Cole; Steve Ditko
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural; humor
- Characters
- Superman; Batman; Harlequin; Black Canary; Plastic Man; Creeper; Hawk; Dove
- Synopsis
- A look at heroes who were thought to be villains early in their careers.
- Pages
- 2 - 5
Indexer Notes
The art is taken from various books over the years.
Those Who Worship Evil's Might
Sinestro / about comics / 3 pages
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell (credited); Anthony Tollin (credited)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An interview with Sinestro by Hermo-Prej
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sinestro
- Synopsis
- Interview with Sinestro by Hermo-Prej of the Qwardian Journal.
- Pages
- 6 - 8
Indexer Notes
Research by Kenneth Gale. Includes 1 panel of various Green Lantern villains by Gil Kane.
[no title indexed]
Amazing World of Letters / about comics / 2 pages
- Script
- Bob Rozakis (credited as BR); Paul Levitz (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Pages
- 9 - 10
Indexer Notes
Letters from Dave Willcox, Bob Cowden, Bob Rodi, Antone Perry, and Don Bennett.
Direct Currents
about comics / 10 pages
- Script
- Paul Levitz; Bob Rozakis (credited); Paul Levitz (credited)
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Characters
- The Joker
- Synopsis
- A look at upcoming DC books, including various covers. Article also features the introduction of Jenette Kahn as DC's new Publisher.
- Pages
- 11 - 21
Curious Case of the Changing Criminal Club
about comics / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Darkseid (in silhouette)
- Synopsis
- Explains why there are 2 versions of Secret Society of Super-Villains #1, the printed one and the one that follows this article.
- Reprints
-
in The Secret Society of Super-Villains (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([October] 2011) - in The Secret Society of Super-Villains (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([November] 2013)
-
- Pages
- 23 - 23
Beware the Brotherhood of Crime (Chapter 1)
The Secret Society of Super-Villains / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway (credited)
- Pencils
- Ric Estrada (credited)
- Inks
- Pablo Marcos (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Gerry Conway (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Five minutes ago, this man basked in the joy of the victory--that particularly pleasant feeling normally associated with a job well done--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Star Sapphire; Clayface; Captain Cold; Manhunter; Gorilla Grodd; Darkseid; New Gods (1 panel cameo)
- Synopsis
- Various villains are brought together by Darkseid to do dastardly deeds.
- Reprints
- in The Secret Society of Super-Villains (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([October] 2011)
- in The Secret Society of Super-Villains (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([November] 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
This is an alternate story originally slated for Secret Society of Super-Villains #1.
Enemy-- Thy Name Is Evil! (Chapter 2)
The Secret Society of Super-Villains / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Gerry Conway (credited)
- Pencils
- Ric Estrada (credited)
- Inks
- Pablo Marcos (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Gerry Conway (credited) (editor)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With a shout, the man known as Captain Cold leaps forward, his cold gun blasting out a beam of icy energy--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Star Sapphire; Clayface; Captain Cold; Manhunter; Gorilla Grodd; Darkseid
- Synopsis
- After working together to steal a new type of war chemical, Darkseid betrays the team, who then vows revenge on him.
- Reprints
- in The Secret Society of Super-Villains (DC, 2011 series) #1 ([October] 2011)
- in The Secret Society of Super-Villains (DC, 2013 series) #1 ([November] 2013)
-
How a Comic Is Created
The Phantom Stranger / about comics / 4 pages
- Script
- David Michelinie (credited)
- Pencils
- Gerry Talaoc (illustrations)
- Inks
- Gerry Talaoc (illustrations)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Phantom Stranger; Nathan Seine
- Synopsis
- Article about creating a villain for a hero. Includes art from The Phantom Stranger (DC, 1969 series) #35.
- Pages
- 41 - 43
Lowdown on the Lunar Lawbreaker
Eclipso / about comics / 3 pages
- Script
- Carl Gafford (credited)
- Pencils
- Alex Toth (illustration); ?
- Inks
- Alex Toth (illustration); ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Synopsis
- Review of Eclipso's career.
- Pages
- 44 - 45
Indexer Notes
Illustrations from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #63 (by Toth).
Remembering with Dick Dillin
about comics / 3 pages
- Script
- Jack C. Harris (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Dillin
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Interview with Dick Dillin, including artwork featuring the Blackhawks, Green Lantern and Green Arrow.
- Pages
- 46 - 48
Solomon Grundy
Green Lantern / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Out of the oozing slime emerges a fantastic figure.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Solomon Grundy; Green Lantern [Alan Scott]
- Synopsis
- Single page reprint of Solomon Grundy's origin.
Indexer Notes
Based on children's nursery rhyme titled "Solomon Grundy". Readaptation from All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #61 Green Lantern story.
[All Star Comics No. 37]
Justice Society of America / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Justice Society of America [Green Lantern; Hawkman; Dr. Mid-Nite; Johnny Thunder; Atom; Flash; Wonder Woman]; The Injustice Society of the World [The Gambler; The Brain Wave; Vandal Savage; The Wizard; Per Degaton; The Thinker]
- Reprints
- from All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #37 (October-November 1947), #37 (October-November 1947)
-
Editing
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["Out, you super-heroes! This mag belongs to us-- the super-villains!"]
-
1.
Super-Villains Then and Now
The Joker; Lex Luthor; Star Sapphire -
2.
The Wrong Arm of the Law!
Batman; Black Canary; The Creeper; Harlequin; The Hawk and the Dove; Plastic Man; Superman -
3.
Those Who Worship Evil's Might
Sinestro -
4.
[no title indexed]
Amazing World of Letters -
5.
Direct Currents
-
6.
Curious Case of the Changing Criminal Club
-
7.
Beware the Brotherhood of Crime (Chapter 1)
The Secret Society of Super-Villains -
8.
Enemy-- Thy Name Is Evil! (Chapter 2)
The Secret Society of Super-Villains -
9.
How a Comic Is Created
The Phantom Stranger -
10.
Lowdown on the Lunar Lawbreaker
Eclipso -
11.
Remembering with Dick Dillin
-
12.
Solomon Grundy
Green Lantern -
13.
[All Star Comics No. 37]
Justice Society of America
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