(July 1957)

DC, 1938 Series
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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 (actual)
Format:
Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449); ongoing series

Superman Loses His Powers (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Al Plastino
Inks:
Al Plastino
Colors:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Superman Loses His Powers (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Coleman
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Lois Lane; Bart Wellins; kryptonite
Synopsis:
Exposure to ancient Atlantean experiments gives Bart Wellins super-powers and Superman can't stop him because exposure to the same experiments have increased his powers so much he daren't use them at all.

How to Make New Friends (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Bob Oksner
Inks:
Bob Oksner
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
teen

The Jungle Journal (Table of Contents)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Miller
Pencils:
Nick Cardy
Inks:
Nick Cardy
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
jungle
Characters:
Congo Bill; Janu the Jungle Boy; Jim Wilson; Chota the Chimp

["Shh - I'll have to ask Mom first!"] (Table of Contents)

Little Pete / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Reprints:

["Are you finished, sir?"] (Table of Contents)

Ollie / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor

Adventures in Coin Collecting (Table of Contents)

text article / pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fact

The Lost and Found of Space (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Otto Binder
Pencils:
Jim Mooney
Inks:
Jim Mooney
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood

["What flavors of ice cream have you, Jerry?"] (Table of Contents)

Jerry the Jitterbug / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Reprints:

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents)

Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:
A secrer message to be decoded using Code Neptune No. 7.

Indexer Notes

Message is : YLHK AOL SPCLZ VM NYLHA TLU HUK AYF AV AZAYPCL MVY AOL OPNO PKLHSZ DOPHO NVCLYULK AOLPY JHYLLYZ.


["Look what I bought, Lime, a boomerang!"] (Table of Contents)

Lem 'n' Lime / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Superman Loses His Powers
    Superman
  2. 2. How to Make New Friends
    Binky
  3. 3. The Jungle Journal
    Congo Bill
  4. 4. ["Shh - I'll have to ask Mom first!"]
    Little Pete
  5. 5. ["Are you finished, sir?"]
    Ollie
  6. 6. Adventures in Coin Collecting
  7. 7. The Lost and Found of Space
    Tommy Tomorrow
  8. 8. ["What flavors of ice cream have you, Jerry?"]
    Jerry the Jitterbug
  9. 9. Superman's Secret Message
    Supermen of America
  10. 10. ["Look what I bought, Lime, a boomerang!"]
    Lem 'n' Lime
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