(May 1955)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Comics Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (managing); Mort Weisinger (actual)
Format:
Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449); ongoing series

The Man Who Could Make Superman Do Anything! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]

Tips on Camping! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
teen

Indexer Notes

inside front cover


The Man Who Could Make Superman Do Anything (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Coleman
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Lois Lane; Perry White
Synopsis:
Metropolis is baffled when Superman seems to have to obey the every order of a man called Sam Spulby.

Indexer Notes

synopsis by Darkmark
writer id by Bob Hughes 8/06


[Gosh - just like Ferdy!] (Table of Contents)

Babs / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Oksner
Inks:
Bob Oksner
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Teen
Reprints:

[If you lived on Jupiter, how many moons would you see?] (Table of Contents)

Planet Quiz / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Boy Planeteer (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Otto Binder
Pencils:
Jim Mooney
Inks:
Jim Mooney
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

["Not a nibble!"] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
gag

Indexer Notes

Title changed to first line of dialog to facilitate reprint tracking. (Gene Reed, 7/24/2011)


Dynamite Danger (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Miller [as Jim Mason]
Pencils:
Raymond Perry
Inks:
Raymond Perry
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

Village of 1,000 Idols (Table of Contents)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Smalle
Inks:
Ed Smalle
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
jungle
Reprints:

["H'lo, Timmy. I hear you have a little baby sister!"] (Table of Contents)

Bebe / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
gag

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Tips on Camping!
    Binky
  2. 2. The Man Who Could Make Superman Do Anything
    Superman
  3. 3. [Gosh - just like Ferdy!]
    Babs
  4. 4. [If you lived on Jupiter, how many moons would you see?]
    Planet Quiz
  5. 5. Boy Planeteer
    Tommy Tomorrow
  6. 6. ["Not a nibble!"]
    Shorty
  7. 7. Dynamite Danger
  8. 8. Village of 1,000 Idols
    Congo Bill
  9. 9. ["H'lo, Timmy. I hear you have a little baby sister!"]
    Bebe
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