(September 1954)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-07-28
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Human Phantom!
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Science made him the super-escape artist of all time...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #29 (1 de marzo de 1956)
-
Buzzy Says: "Work Can Be Fun!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hear Buzzy and Susie are doing some part-time work these days--and for nothing too, the saps!
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
Indexer Notes
The inside front cover PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format.
The Human Phantom!
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He's being lowered 100 feet down in that escape-proof box!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #29 (1 de marzo de 1956)
-
in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #105 (February-March 1968) -
in Etranges Aventures (Arédit-Artima, 1966 series) #18 (octobre 1970) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Amazing Ratios! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If the 179,000 rivets used in the construction of a modern jet fighter...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #29 (1 de marzo de 1956)
-
The Three-Minute Genius!
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Otto Binder
- Pencils
- Sy Barry (signed as Sy Barry)
- Inks
- Sy Barry (signed as Sy Barry)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Time's up! Lenny didn't finish the electronic brain!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lenny Devincher; Joe Preston (reporter); Professor Orton
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #29 (1 de marzo de 1956)
-
in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #14 ([July 1957]) -
in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #25/1997 (uke 50 1997)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That-- / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A prehistoric animal can be reconstructed...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #29 (1 de marzo de 1956)
-
The 21st Century Film Library!
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The radioactive cloud is coming closer!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Galen Barnes; Martha Barnes
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #29 (1 de marzo de 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Spotlight on Science / text article / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Scientific experiments have determined that bodies dropped from a height toward the earth's surface fall 16 feet during the first second.
- Genre
- math & science
Indexer Notes
This feature contains three text articles:
1. Prisoner of Earth!
2. Birds in Flight!
3. Hot and Cold!
The Radar Man!
Darwin Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Trogg's inside that moving cone of darkness!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Great Trogg; Darwin Jones
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #29 (1 de marzo de 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Insult That Turned a "Chump" Into a Champ
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Human Phantom!
-
1.
Buzzy Says: "Work Can Be Fun!"
Buzzy -
2.
The Human Phantom!
-
3.
["We're blastin' off to the moon -- and taking along plenty of Tootsie Rolls!"]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["If the 179,000 rivets used in the construction of a modern jet fighter..."]
Amazing Ratios! -
5.
The Three-Minute Genius!
-
6.
Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids
Dubble Bubble Gum -
7.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
8.
["A prehistoric animal can be reconstructed..."]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That-- -
9.
The 21st Century Film Library!
-
10.
["Scientific experiments have determined that bodies dropped from a height toward the earth's surface fall 16 feet during the first second."]
Spotlight on Science -
11.
["Here he is - the one and only Jimmy Olsen together with the one and only Superman"]
Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen -
12.
The Radar Man!
Darwin Jones -
13.
["Do you need money?"]
Colonial Studios, Inc. -
14.
The Insult That Turned a "Chump" Into a Champ
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
15.
How Chuck's Fineline Pen Got Him in the Movies!
Fineline
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Tony R. Rose
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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