(December 1955-January 1956)
DC,
1955 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-10-16
- 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) (credited); Robert Kanigher (actual)
Issue Notes
Credits for fillers and text article confirmed from copies of DC editorial records sent to Gene Reed from Nelson Bridwell in 1986.
On-sale date from copyright registration. Copy with arrival date of October 18 reported.
On-sale date from copyright registration. Copy with arrival date of October 18 reported.
Tales of Blazing Adventure
The Silent Knight / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Silent Knight; Celia
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Cover pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Invisible Wall!
The Golden Gladiator / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Ed Herron
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?
- Genre
- historical; adventure
- Characters
- Golden Gladiator [Marcus]; Crassus the Conqueror (villain); Cassius; Horatio; Flavius; Augustus; Cotta
- Synopsis
- Golden Gladiator and a group of children protect a defenseless village with just a toy ship and a herd of goats.
- Reprints
-
in The Brave and the Bold (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #3 ([April 1956]) -
in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #22/1985 (uke 43 1985) -
in The Best of the Brave and the Bold (DC, 1988 series) #4 (Winter 1988)
-
[no title indexed]
Knights of the Square Table / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here comes that boaster, Sir Bragg!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sir Bragg; Smiling Knight
- Reprints
- in The Brave and the Bold (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #6 ([July 1956])
-
The Hammer of Thor!
The Viking Prince / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Kubert (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino ?
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Viking Prince [Jon]; Captain Olaf; Gunnda; Sardluk; Baron Thorvald
- Synopsis
- When Captain Olaf is taken prisoner by Baron Thorvald, Jon frees him with the help of the hammer of Thor.
- Reprints
- in The Brave and the Bold (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #4
- in Tumac (Semic, 1978 series) #9/1978 (uke 38 1978)
- in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) (1990 [January 1991])
- in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1992 series) ([May] 1992)
- in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #2/1993 ([26. januar] 1993) [2. translation]
- in The Viking Prince (DC, 2010 series) ([September] 2010)
-
Caesar's Last Battle
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Julius Caesar
- Synopsis
- An account of Caesar's final battle with the Gauls.
Challenge of the Black Lance!
The Silent Knight / comic story / 7.67 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (initialed)
- Inks
- Irv Novick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; historical
- Characters
- Silent Knight [Brian]; Slasher (hawk); Sir Oswald Bane (villain); Sir Grot; Cedric the Black (villain); Celia
- Synopsis
- Squire Brian is repeatedly humiliated by his trainer, gruff Sir Grot. When Cedric the Black hurls his black lance into the castle door, an insult, Sir Grot rides out to fight him, but is slammed. Brian "accidentally" tumbles in the moat, rescues Sir Grot, and dashes to the Forest Perilous to become the Silent Knight. Just in time, for Lady Celia is attached by Cedric's thugs. SK dodges the black lance and tumbles through a stream to ram Cedric flat and rescue Celia.
- Reprints
- in The Brave and the Bold (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #4
- in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #15/1981 (uke 29 1981) which is reprinted
- in Serie-pocket (Semic, 1977 series) #95 ([juli] 1984)
- in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #19/1993 ([21. september] 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
cover story
Kids! Be the First to Send for the New Plastic Kings' Knights
104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 1 page
Boys Girls Get These Prizes
American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals / advertisement / 1 page
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Tales of Blazing Adventure
The Silent Knight -
1.
Do You Want Spending Money?
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
2.
The Invisible Wall!
The Golden Gladiator -
3.
Yoo Hoo It's Me My Name Is Pinky Lee
Tootsie [all other candies] -
4.
["Here comes that boaster, Sir Bragg!"]
Knights of the Square Table -
5.
"Wings" Winchester Saves the Movie Theater
Winchester Skates -
6.
The Hammer of Thor!
The Viking Prince -
7.
["A kangaroo mother and son..."]
Baby Ruth -
8.
How a Nation Is Born
-
9.
Caesar's Last Battle
-
10.
Challenge of the Black Lance!
The Silent Knight -
11.
To the Boys and Girls of America --
DC Comics -
12.
Kids! Be the First to Send for the New Plastic Kings' Knights
104 Kings' Knights -
13.
Boys! Girls! Mothers! Dads! Take 'Em Free!
Littleton Stamp Co. -
14.
Get Your Own Man-Size Daisy Air Rifle
Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns -
15.
Boys Girls Get These Prizes
American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals
This issue was modified by, among others
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Nick Caputo
- Clayton Emery
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Steve Jenner
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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