(January 1959)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10
Pages:
36
Editing:
Mort Weisinger
Format: 
Color; Standard Format; Saddle-stitched; ongoing monthly series (format changed several times)

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Man No Prison Could Hold!
    Superman
  2. 2. [no title indexed]
    Tricksy, World's Greatest Stunt Man
  3. 3. Formula for Success!
  4. 4. The Amazing Congorilla
    Congorilla
  5. 5. [no title indexed]
    Shorty
  6. 6. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  7. 7. The Graveyard of Space
    Tommy Tomorrow
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  • Bob Klein
  • Jon Ingersoll
  • Diverse Hands
  • Brian Mowbray
  • John Greb
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Carlos Tasada
  • John Douglas Miceli
  • Kyle Weber
  • Terry Watkins
  • Allen Ross
  • Jerry Hillegas
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Bob Hughes
  • Darrel McCann
  • Ed Boner
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The Man No Prison Could Hold! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Von Kamp; Congorilla (inset)
Reprinted:
  • in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

The Man No Prison Could Hold! (Table of Contents)

Superman / story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Jimmy Olsen; Von Kamp (villain)
Synopsis:
Superman becomes a prisoner of an island work camp in order to discover what weapon a nazi scientist is creating.
Reprinted:
  • in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Tricksy, World's Greatest Stunt Man / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
Gag

Formula for Success! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Bob Brown
Inks:
Bob Brown
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

The Amazing Congorilla (Table of Contents)

Congorilla / story / 6.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Bernstein
Pencils:
Howard Sherman
Inks:
Howard Sherman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; jungle
Characters:
Congo Bill; Congorilla (origin); Janu the Jungle Boy; Kawolo
Reprinted:
  • in Weird Secret Origins (DC, Oct 2004)

Indexer Notes

continuation of Congo Bill strip


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mort Weisinger
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

The Graveyard of Space (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / 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; Lor-Li

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