(October 1955)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #224-229)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
The Imp on the Flying Trapeeze!
cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Ely
- Inks:
- Bill Ely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Reprints:
-
in My Greatest Adventure (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #12 ([March 1956])
-
The Man Who Could Read Minds
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Howard Purcell
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
- Synopsis:
- A mind-reader blackmails several men because he knows all their secrets.
Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Leonard Starr; Nick Cardy
- Inks:
- Leonard Starr; Nick Cardy
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Davy Crockett; Daniel Boone
- Synopsis:
- Ad for Frontier Fighters featuring Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and Tomahawk with covers of each pictured.
["Strange, I see nothing in the crystal ball!"]
Shorty / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Shorty
- Synopsis:
- Shorty goes to a fortune teller who can't tell his fortune.
- Reprints:
-
in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #45 (July 1960)
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #45 (July 1960)
The Midget Maker
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Inks:
- Ruben Moreira (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
- Synopsis:
- A criminal "professor" hides criminals after a hold-up by shrinking them, but one of the criminals is actually an under-cover cop.
["Hmm, let's see -- I'll just add a bit more --"]
Professor Eureka / filler / 0.67 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Professor Eureka
- Synopsis:
- Professor Eureka tries to make coffee.
- Reprints:
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #7 (April 1951)
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #7 (April 1951)
What Are You Getting Out of School?
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Win Mortimer
- Inks:
- Win Mortimer
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Content Information
- Genre:
- teen
Indexer Notes
Credits from other indexes of this PSA in the GCD.
The Master of the Stars
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jim McArdle
- Inks:
- Jim McArdle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
- Synopsis:
- An efficency expert changes the way businesses do business to save them money, and to make them easier to rob, then dresses as a phoney fortune-teller, Centauri, to guide robbers.
The Mysterious Gypsy Cards
text article / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Miller [as Jack E. Miller]
- Pencils:
- Raymond Perry
- Inks:
- Raymond Perry
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- non-fiction
- Synopsis:
- Facts about Tarot cards.
["The crystal ball says sunny and warm today..."]
Moolah the Mystic / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Moolah the Mystic
- Synopsis:
- Moolah's crystal ball and the newspaper don't agree on what the weather is going to be.
- Reprints:
- in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #83 (June-July 1964)
-
- Reprint Note before Migration:
- in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #83 (June-July 1964)
The Imp on the Flying Trapeze
comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Ely
- Inks:
- Bill Ely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective-mystery
- Synopsis:
- Marko, a trapeeze artist who lost his nerve, helps a tree and gains the friendship of a wood elf.
- Reprints:
- in My Greatest Adventure (K. G. Murray, 1955 series) #12 ([March 1956])
-
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
The Imp on the Flying Trapeeze!
-
1.
The Man Who Could Read Minds
-
2.
Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone
-
3.
["Strange, I see nothing in the crystal ball!"]
Shorty -
4.
The Midget Maker
-
5.
["Hmm, let's see -- I'll just add a bit more --"]
Professor Eureka -
6.
What Are You Getting Out of School?
Buzzy -
7.
The Master of the Stars
-
8.
The Mysterious Gypsy Cards
-
9.
["The crystal ball says sunny and warm today..."]
Moolah the Mystic -
10.
The Imp on the Flying Trapeze
This issue was most recently modified by:
- R. J. Roper
- Peter Croome
- Gene Reed
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- Carl Gafford
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
- Dwayne Best
- Gregory Fischer
- Mike Nielsen
- Bob Hughes
- Peter Croome
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- Ramon Schenk
- Ed Boner
- Gary L. Watson
- R. J. Roper
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