(April 1958)

DC, 1957 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:
Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)
Format:
Standard Silver Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series

The Human Rocket! (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Dillin
Inks:
Charles Cuidera
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
adventure; war
Characters:
Blackhawk; Andre
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The Underseas Gold Fort (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Dillin
Inks:
Charles Cuidera
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure; war
Characters:
Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Chop Chop; Olaf; Chuck; Hendrickson; Stanislaus]; Killer Shark; Professor Charles Renault
Synopsis:
Killer Shark kidnaps Professor Renault, who has discovered a simple means of extracting gold from sea water.
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Now... In a Magazine of their Own (Table of Contents)

Challengers of the Unknown / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Jack Kirby
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

Indexer Notes

house ad for Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #1


["Fire engines!"] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Shorty

Mystery on Top of the World (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Dillin
Inks:
Charles Cuidera
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure; war
Characters:
Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Hendrickson; Olaf; Andre; Chuck; Stanislaus; Chop Chop]; Kurt Helner; Von Hauptman
Synopsis:
The Blackhawks must decipher a series of clues to find a plane that crashed years before with a fortune in stolen Nazi gold.
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The Secret of the Happy Pig! (Table of Contents)

Peter Porkchops / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Rube Grossman
Inks:
Rube Grossman
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Peter Porkchops; Wolfie; Mervin Mouse
Synopsis:
Peter tells Mervin that the secret of really being happy is just to be yourself rather than trying to be like everyone else.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated January 1962.


Skywatcher's Triumph (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Miller ?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Synopsis:
the story of comets

["This is uncharted country we're in now."] (Table of Contents)

Peter Puptent, Explorer / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Peter Puptent

The Human Rocket (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dick Dillin
Inks:
Charles Cuidera
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure; war
Characters:
Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Andre; Hendrickson; Olaf; Stanislaus; Chuck; Chop Chop]; General Tang
Synopsis:
The Blackhawks are captured by renegade Martian invaders and rocketed to their planetoid base.
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Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Underseas Gold Fort
    Blackhawk
  2. 2. Now... In a Magazine of their Own
    Challengers of the Unknown
  3. 3. ["Fire engines!"]
    Shorty
  4. 4. Mystery on Top of the World
    Blackhawk
  5. 5. The Secret of the Happy Pig!
    Peter Porkchops
  6. 6. Skywatcher's Triumph
  7. 7. ["This is uncharted country we're in now."]
    Peter Puptent, Explorer
  8. 8. The Human Rocket
    Blackhawk
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