(November 1957)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1957-09-22
- 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) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Dog That Saved the Earth!
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Rover, you're the only one in the world who can tell us how to stop that space-bomb from exploding on Earth!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #5 (août 1958) -
in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Dog That Saved the Earth!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Adventures into the Unknown (Arnold Book Company, 1950 ? series) #9 - in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #5 (août 1958) [N&B/B&W]
- in Faucon Noir (Arédit-Artima, 1977 series) #1 (mars 1977) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Vengeur (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #20 (octobre 1987) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Jerry Lewis; Sgt. Bilko / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The oldest symbol in comics...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Phil Silvers; Jerry Lewis
- Synopsis
- House ad for Sgt. Bilko #4 and The Adventures of Jerry Lewis #41.
- Keywords
- celebrity
Interplanetary Space-Feud!
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In a remote rural area, mountains suddenly fly through the air and whole forests are uprooted!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rhett Shaw; Whit Carter; Juk (Alien); Koz (Alien)
- Synopsis
- Rhett Shaw returns to his rural village after studying science at college. Whit Carter challenges Shaw to a fight to continue the family feud. Shaw declines and suggests they forget the feud. Shaw drives home but is stopped by a force bubble. The aliens discuss their duel where they use the natural forces of a planet to fight. The villagers shelter in a cave to escape the battle. Shaw hears the aliens telepathically and learns that they have each won 127 victories on other planets. Shaw discovers the alien weapons are vulnerable to nitric acid and they leave Earth after shaking hands.
- Reprints
- in Adventures into the Unknown (Arnold Book Company, 1950 ? series) #8 ([1950 ?])
- in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #5 (juillet 1958) [N&B/B&W]
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #22 ([1965])
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #47 (1980) [N&B [B&W]]
- in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
-
- Keywords
- Aliens; Feud
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
What's the Difference Between-- / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Satellite... Moon...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #25 (February 1964)
-
[no title indexed]
Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Among the strangest of all fish is the angler...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Funny Stuff (DC, 1944 series) #42 (February 1949)
-
The One-Hour Invasion of Earth!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Adventures into the Unknown (Arnold Book Company, 1950 ? series) #7
- in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #5 (août 1958) [N&B/B&W]
- in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Amazing Ratios! / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If the Earth's 3-billion-year history of life were divided into a 24-hour day...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
Amazing Inertia!
Spotlight on Science / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
The Weather War of 1977!
comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The enemy's launched a tornado attack against us! We've got to make a run for it!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Commander John (Johnny) Haldane; Unnamed traveller
- Synopsis
- Young Johnny Haldane is fishing when a stranger thanks him for saving his life. Johnny has never seen him before but the stranger says he will understand in time. All sightings of the stranger over the years are wrong. By 1977 John is a commander in the meteorological military. Controlling weather has taken the place of atomic warfare. John goes out on patrol and finds a man in a snow drift. The man tells John that he is from the year 3957 and must get back to his time machine. The man leaves and because he cannot return to the same time goes back a further 20 years to say thank you.
- Reprints
- in Adventures into the Unknown (Arnold Book Company, 1950 ? series) #8 ([1950 ?])
- in Aventures Fiction (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #5 (août 1958) [N&B/B&W]
- in Race for the Moon (Thorpe & Porter, 1962 ? series) #22 ([1965])
- in Météor (Arédit-Artima, 1953 series) #203 (novembre 1976) [N&B et remonté [B&W and reframed]]
- in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #2 (2013 [February 2014])
-
- Keywords
- Time travel; Weather control
Indexer Notes
Credits for pencils and inks confirmed from Julie Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Science Snaps / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The nearest star is 30,000 times as far from the Earth as the Sun!
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #156 (September 1950)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To the boys and girls of America...
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Dog That Saved the Earth!
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1.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co. -
2.
The Dog That Saved the Earth!
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3.
["The oldest symbol in comics..."]
Jerry Lewis; Sgt. Bilko -
4.
Teddy Roosevelt: Guardian of Nature
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5.
Interplanetary Space-Feud!
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6.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
7.
["Satellite... Moon..."]
What's the Difference Between-- -
8.
["Among the strangest of all fish is the angler..."]
Ma Nature's Curiosity Shop -
9.
The One-Hour Invasion of Earth!
-
10.
["If the Earth's 3-billion-year history of life were divided into a 24-hour day..."]
Amazing Ratios! -
11.
Amazing Inertia!
Spotlight on Science -
12.
The Weather War of 1977!
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13.
["The nearest star is 30,000 times as far from the Earth as the Sun!"]
Science Snaps -
14.
["To the boys and girls of America..."]
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15.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
16.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
17.
[no title indexed]
American Specialty Company
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- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Paul Robinson
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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