(September-October 1955)

DC, 1955 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1955-07-05
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Challenge of Black Warrior! (Table of Contents)

Davy Crockett / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Prentice
Inks
John Prentice
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where's that Davy Crockett?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Davy Crockett; Black Warrior; Major Silas Plunkett; Wiggins
Keywords
Indians; Native Americans; raccoon-skin caps; United States Army -- 1820s

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Challenge of Black Warrior (Table of Contents: 2)

Davy Crockett / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Prentice
Inks
John Prentice
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You've got no weapons - - and there goes mine, Black Warrior!
Genre
adventure; western-frontier
Characters
Davy Crockett; Black Warrior; Major Silas Plunkett; Wiggins; Sam Willoughby
Synopsis
Crockett captures the Creek chief Black Warrior and gets him to boast of his plans for attacking Major Plunkett's regiment.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Buck Skinner / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We just finished building the new frontier school...
Genre
humor; western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Tenderfoot Caravan (Table of Contents: 6)

Buffalo Bill / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Wood
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed as Kubert)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed as Kubert)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's not enough powder to last us an hour!
Genre
adventure; western-frontier
Characters
Buffalo Bill Cody; Sir Percy; Dalton Andrews; Brockton; Chief Great Elk
Synopsis
Cody is leading a wagon train to California, when one of the young hotheads in the company invades the sacred hunting ground of the Apaches. To avoid bloodshed, Cody offers to fight Chief Great Elk in single combat.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Sagebrush Sam / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I hope he's not closed!
Genre
humor; western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream Oil / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Wagon Wheels Westward (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller
Pencils
Raymond Perry
Inks
Raymond Perry
Colors
Raymond Perry
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; western-frontier

Mohave Uprising (Table of Contents: 11)

Kit Carson / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Sherman
Inks
Howard Sherman
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get into that canoe, Silent Deer!
Genre
adventure; western-frontier
Characters
Kit Carson; Silent Deer; Lieutenant John Fremont; Cavendish; Barnaby; Chief Mighty Buffalo
Synopsis
Kit averts a war between a joint Mohave/Shoshone alliance formented by two white trappers who intend to turn a war to their own gain.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Fashion Frocks, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Colonial Studios, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Curtiss Miracle Aid / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Challenge of Black Warrior!
    Davy Crockett
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  3. 2. The Challenge of Black Warrior
    Davy Crockett
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. ["We just finished building the new frontier school..."]
    Buck Skinner
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Manufacturing Company
  7. 6. The Tenderfoot Caravan
    Buffalo Bill
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Garcelon Stamp Co.
  9. 8. ["I hope he's not closed!"]
    Sagebrush Sam
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream Oil
  11. 10. Wagon Wheels Westward
  12. 11. Mohave Uprising
    Kit Carson
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Fashion Frocks, Inc.
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Colonial Studios, Inc.
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Curtiss Miracle Aid
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Keith Chandler
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Bob Hughes
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore