(May 1956)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth; Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)
Format:
Color; mostly Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age US size, Digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503; mostly Saddle-Stitched, Squarebound #390, 416, 491-503

Pa Kent, Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Ma Kent; Pa Kent

"Pa Kent, Superman" (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Alvin Schwartz
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
George Klein?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Pa Kent; Ma Kent
Synopsis:
After getting struck by lightning, Pa is under the delusion he has super powers.

Indexer Notes

credits updated 8/05 by Bob Hughes


The Seventh Wonder of the Sea (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
George Kashdan
Pencils:
Ramona Fradon
Inks:
Ramona Fradon
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Synopsis:
Aquaman helps a photographer gather underwater pictures

Indexer Notes

inker credit updated 8/04- not Charles Paris


[Most Hair Raising Experience] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor

Get Your Ticket to the Treasury of Books (Table of Contents)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

The Hunt for Wild Camels (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Miller [as Jim Mason]
Letters:
typeset

The Bad Luck Archers (Table of Contents)

Green Arrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
George Papp
Inks:
George Papp
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Synopsis:
An inn atop Superstition Mountain has trouble attracting customers.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. "Pa Kent, Superman"
    Superboy
  2. 2. The Seventh Wonder of the Sea
    Aquaman
  3. 3. [Most Hair Raising Experience]
    Shorty
  4. 4. Get Your Ticket to the Treasury of Books
    Superman
  5. 5. The Hunt for Wild Camels
  6. 6. The Bad Luck Archers
    Green Arrow
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