(October 1954)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1954-08-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Brain Giants!
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can sheer force of mind lift a mountain?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #31 (1 de mayo de 1956)
-
Buzzy Has the Answer to "School Blues!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gosh, Joe, you can't quit school just like that!
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover, PSA which has been done in a sequential comics story style.
The Invasion from Indiana!
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Which of these two pictures is the true version of the first Earth visitors from another world?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #31 (1 de mayo de 1956)
-
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 a small steel ball dropped into a tall jar of water…
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
-
in Strange Adventures (K. G. Murray, 1954 series) #10 ([June 1955] ?) -
in Superman Adventure Book (Atlas Publishing, 1955 ? series) #1956 (1956) - in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #31 (1 de mayo de 1956)
-
The Brain Giants!
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Train--leave the tracks and rise in the air!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #31 (1 de mayo de 1956)
-
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
- In a vacuum, a bullet that is dropped from a hand…
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Strange Adventures (K. G. Murray, 1954 series) #10 ([June 1955] ?)
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #31 (1 de mayo de 1956)
-
Mars on Earth!
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come on, Space-men! We've got to drive those Martians off the Earth!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Allie Stevens; Herb Stevens; Ned; Martians
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #31 (1 de mayo de 1956)
- in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #6 ([1958])
- in Mammoth Annual (K. G. Murray, 1959 ? series) #1
-
- Keywords
- Martians
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
- How many of us have watched a youngster spin a top on the ground and regard it only as an amusing plaything?
Indexer Notes
Contains three articles:
1. The Amazing Spinning Top!
2. The Radioactive Gun!
3. World's Greatest Explosion!
[no title indexed]
Planets of Wonder / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The rings of Saturn are only 10 miles thick!
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #31 (1 de mayo de 1956)
-
The Revolt of the Thinking Machine!
Captain Comet / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This thinking machine has begun to act on its own!
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #31 (1 de mayo de 1956)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Brain Giants!
-
1.
Buzzy Has the Answer to "School Blues!"
Buzzy -
2.
The Invasion from Indiana!
-
3.
["Peanuts popcorn and Tootsie Rolls"]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["If a small steel ball dropped into a tall jar of water…"]
Amazing Ratios! -
5.
The Brain Giants!
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6.
Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids
Dubble Bubble Gum -
7.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
8.
["In a vacuum, a bullet that is dropped from a hand…"]
Science Says You're Wrong if You Believe That -
9.
Mars on Earth!
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10.
["How many of us have watched a youngster spin a top on the ground and regard it only as an amusing plaything?"]
Spotlight on Science -
11.
["The rings of Saturn are only 10 miles thick!"]
Planets of Wonder -
12.
The Revolt of the Thinking Machine!
Captain Comet -
13.
["March with Our Fighting Forces in thundering action along every front!"]
Our Fighting Forces -
14.
["How in 10 minutes of fun a day you can become an amazing new 3-D he-man like we did"]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
15.
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