(December 1955-January 1956)

DC, 1955 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Comics Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Robert Kanigher (actual)
Format:
Color; Standard Silver Age & Modern Age US; Newsprint; Most Saddle-Stitched, Some Squarebound; On-Going

Issue Notes

Cover pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (18 August 2007). Credits for fillers and text article confrimed from copies of DC editorial records sent to Gene Reed from Nelson Bridwell in 1986.


[none] (Table of Contents)

Silent Knight / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Irv Novick
Inks:
Irv Novick
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
period
Characters:
Silent Knight; Celia

Indexer Notes

Cover pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (18 August 2007)


Do You Want Spending Money? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad to recruit salespeople to sell plaques with religious and sentimental mottoes.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.


The Invisible Wall! (Table of Contents)

Golden Gladiator / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
France Herron
Pencils:
Russ Heath (signed)
Inks:
Russ Heath (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Period
Characters:
Golden Gladiator; Crassus the Conqueror (villain); Cassius; Horatio; Flavius; Augustus
Synopsis:
Golden Gladiator and a group of children protect a defenseless village with just a toy ship and a herd of goats.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Yoo Hoo It's Me My Name Is Pinky Lee (Table of Contents)

Tootsie Rolls / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
celebrity
Characters:
Pinky Lee
Synopsis:
Ad for Tootsie Rolls, Tootsie Pops, Tootsie Fudge, and Tootsie Caramels.

["Here comes that boaster, Sir Bragg!"] (Table of Contents)

Knights of the Square Table / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Irwin Hasen
Pencils:
Irwin Hasen
Inks:
Irwin Hasen
Colors:
?
Letters:
Irwin Hasen

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Reprints:

Wings Winchester Saves the Movie Theater (Table of Contents)

Winchester Skates / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Wings Winchester; Winnie Winchester
Synopsis:
Ad for Winchester Roller Skates

The Hammer of Thor! (Table of Contents)

Viking Prince / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Joe Kubert
Inks:
Joe Kubert
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Period
Characters:
Viking Prince [Jon]; Captain Olaf; Gunnda; Sardluk; Baron Thorvald
Synopsis:
When Captian Olaf is taken prisoner by Baron Thorvald, Jon frees him with the help of the hammer of Thor.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

[A Kangaroo mother and son] (Table of Contents)

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for the Curtiss Candy Company, makers of Baby Ruth.

How a Nation Is Born (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Caesar's Last Battle (Table of Contents)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Characters:
Julius Caesar
Synopsis:
An account of Caesar's final battle with the Gauls.

Challenge of the Black Lance! (Table of Contents)

Silent Knight / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Kanigher
Pencils:
Irv Novick
Inks:
Irv Novick
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
period
Characters:
Silent Knight; Slasher; Sir Oswald Bane (villain); Sir Grot; Cedric the Black (villain); Celia
Reprints:

To the Boys and Girls of America -- (Table of Contents)

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Generic ad for all comics that carry the Superman DC National Comics symbol.

Kids! Be the First to Send for the New Plastic Kings' Knights (Table of Contents)

Josely Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for 26 different plastic toy knights.

Boys! Girls! Mothers! Dads! Tale 'em Free! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for 100 free stamps.

Get Your Own Man-Size Daisy Air Rifle (Table of Contents)

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for Daisy Air Rifles and other related Daisy products.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.


Boys Girls Get These Prizes (Table of Contents)

American Specialty Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad to recruit salespeople for packs of envelopes, cards and seals.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Do You Want Spending Money?
    Stephens Credit Sales
  2. 2. The Invisible Wall!
    Golden Gladiator
  3. 3. Yoo Hoo It's Me My Name Is Pinky Lee
    Tootsie Rolls
  4. 4. ["Here comes that boaster, Sir Bragg!"]
    Knights of the Square Table
  5. 5. Wings Winchester Saves the Movie Theater
    Winchester Skates
  6. 6. The Hammer of Thor!
    Viking Prince
  7. 7. [A Kangaroo mother and son]
    Baby Ruth
  8. 8. How a Nation Is Born
  9. 9. Caesar's Last Battle
  10. 10. Challenge of the Black Lance!
    Silent Knight
  11. 11. To the Boys and Girls of America --
    DC Comics
  12. 12. Kids! Be the First to Send for the New Plastic Kings' Knights
    Josely Company
  13. 13. Boys! Girls! Mothers! Dads! Tale 'em Free!
    Littleton Stamp Co.
  14. 14. Get Your Own Man-Size Daisy Air Rifle
    Daisy Manufacturing Company
  15. 15. Boys Girls Get These Prizes
    American Specialty Co.
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