(March 1958)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; was ongoing series
The Day I Became a Martian! (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction; mystery
The Day I Became a Martian (Table of Contents)
comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Bernard Sachs
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- A science fiction writer is transformed into a Martian, and he figures out that real Martians are observing him to test how they can survive on Earth, so he tricks them into believing that they could not.
The Line of Stars (Table of Contents)
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Indexer Notes
house ad for DC comics
["The earth's atmosphere is so immense..."] (Table of Contents)
Amazing Ratios / filler / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Julius Schwartz
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
Indexer Notes
Educational filler page revealing ratios of Earth and the human body.
The 100,000 Year Old Weapon (Table of Contents)
comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils:
- Sid Greene
- Inks:
- John Giunta
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- A man from 100,000 years in the future travels back to 1958 to find a super-weapon he can use to overthrow a dictator in his own time.
Do You Know What's Behind A Law? (Table of Contents)
public service announcement / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Bob Brown
- Inks:
- Bob Brown
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Synopsis:
- Jerry learns the importance of driver's education.
Indexer Notes
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Amazing Gift from Space! (Table of Contents)
comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Bernard Sachs
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gaspar Saladino
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- The Zaxians, a friendly alien race, send a spaceship to Earth as a gift, and the astronaut that is chosen to pilot it ends up saving the Zaxians from a hostile invasion.
Space Satellites -- What Next? (Table of Contents)
Spotlight on Science / text article / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Julius Schwartz ?
- Pencils:
- ? (logo illustration)
- Inks:
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors:
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
Mystery of Meteor Crater (Table of Contents)
comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- Sid Greene
- Inks:
- Joe Giella
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Synopsis:
- An alien invasion force hides in a canyon that is a tourist attraction, but a determined tourist finds them in spite of their efforts and helps to drive them off Earth.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Day I Became a Martian
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2.
The Line of Stars
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3.
["The earth's atmosphere is so immense..."]
Amazing Ratios -
4.
The 100,000 Year Old Weapon
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5.
Do You Know What's Behind A Law?
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6.
Amazing Gift from Space!
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7.
Space Satellites -- What Next?
Spotlight on Science -
8.
Mystery of Meteor Crater
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- Mark Gordon
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- Arthur Lortie
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mark Gordon
- Mike Nielsen
- Ed Boner
- Bob Hughes
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