(May 1956)
- 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 (assistant); George Kashdan (assistant)
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 600)
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
The Super-Menace of Metropolis
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Super-Menace (intro); Jor-El (flashback)
- Synopsis:
- When Metropolis is attacked by alien weapons, Superman discovers they were built long ago by Jor-El.
- Reprints:
-
in 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #6 (January 1965) [retitled as "The Hyper-Menace from Krypton"]
-
Get Your Ticket to the Treasury of Books
Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Win Mortimer
- Inks:
- Win Mortimer
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
The Jungle of Doom
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Ed Smalle
- Inks:
- Ed Smalle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- jungle
- Characters:
- Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Tod Craven; Jim Craven; Chota the Chimp
["Today's lecture will be on the philosophy of the ancient Inca Indians!"]
Professor Eureka / filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Reprints:
- in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #294 (March 1962)
-
Indexer Notes
First line and reprint data from Arthur Lortie, added August 2006.
Mystery of the Ghost Bomb
text article / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Miller [as John MacKenzie]
- Pencils:
- Raymond Perry
- Inks:
- Raymond Perry
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Space Safari
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- Jim Mooney
- Inks:
- Jim Mooney
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood
["What a jungle!"]
Shorty / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Reprints:
- in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #75 (January 1963)
-
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Super-Menace of Metropolis!
Superman -
1.
The Super-Menace of Metropolis
Superman -
2.
Get Your Ticket to the Treasury of Books
Superman -
3.
The Jungle of Doom
Congo Bill -
4.
["Today's lecture will be on the philosophy of the ancient Inca Indians!"]
Professor Eureka -
5.
Mystery of the Ghost Bomb
-
6.
Space Safari
Tommy Tomorrow -
7.
["What a jungle!"]
Shorty
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