(January 1959)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Mort Weisinger
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449); ongoing series
The Man No Prison Could Hold!
Superman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman; Von Kamp; Congorilla (inset)
- Reprints:
- in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([September] 2005)
The Man No Prison Could Hold!
Superman / comic story / 11.67 pages
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.
- Reprints:
- in Showcase Presents Superman (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([September] 2005)
[no title indexed]
Tricksy, World's Greatest Stunt Man / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff ?
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- Gag
Formula for Success!
public service announcement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Bob Brown
- Inks:
- Bob Brown
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
The Amazing Congorilla
Congorilla / comic story / 6.5 pages
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
- Reprints:
- in Weird Secret Origins (DC, 2004 series) #[nn] (October 2004)
Indexer Notes
continuation of Congo Bill strip
[no title indexed]
Shorty / filler / 0.67 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff ?
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Weisinger
- Pencils:
- Wayne Boring
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
The Graveyard of Space
Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Otto Binder
- Pencils:
- Jim Mooney
- Inks:
- Jim Mooney
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
- Characters:
- Tommy Tomorrow; Brent Wood; Lor-Li
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Man No Prison Could Hold!
Superman -
2.
[no title indexed]
Tricksy, World's Greatest Stunt Man -
3.
Formula for Success!
-
4.
The Amazing Congorilla
Congorilla -
5.
[no title indexed]
Shorty -
6.
[no title indexed]
Metropolis Mailbag -
7.
The Graveyard of Space
Tommy Tomorrow
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Daniel Thingvold
- Mike Nielsen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- 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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