(April-May 1959)

DC, 1955 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Comics Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Robert Kanigher
Format:
Color; Standard Silver Age & Modern Age US; Newsprint; Most Saddle-Stitched, Some Squarebound; On-Going

Issue Notes

Script and art credits for stories and fllers verified from copies of DC editorial records sent to Gene Reed from Nelson Bridwell in 1986.

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Viking Prince / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Joe Kubert
Inks:
Joe Kubert; Jack Adler (wash)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
period
Characters:
Viking Prince; Princess Asa

Indexer Notes

Kubert's cover credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (27 January 2008)


Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore (Table of Contents)

Honor House Products Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ads for various gags and gadgets.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.


Origin of the Viking Prince! (Part 1) (Table of Contents)

Viking Prince / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Haney
Pencils:
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks:
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Period; adventure
Characters:
Viking Prince (origin); King Rikk, the Storm Cloud; Odin; Princess Asa; The Mute Bard; Torgo the Dragon King (villain)
Synopsis:
Origin of the Viking Prince.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

[There was a weight lifter named Lane] (Table of Contents)

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Candy ad.

[The Flash #106] (Table of Contents)

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Joe Giella
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Flash; Pied piper
Synopsis:
House ad for The Flash #106.

What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient) (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Bernard Baily
Inks:
Bernard Baily
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Origin of the Viking Prince! Part 2 (Table of Contents)

Viking Prince / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Haney
Pencils:
Joe Kubert
Inks:
Joe Kubert
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Period
Characters:
Viking Prince (origin); King Rikk, the Storm Cloud; Princess Asa; Torgo the Dragon King (villain)
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

[There once was an archer named Park] (Table of Contents)

Tootse Roll Pop / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Candy ad.

Famous Sailing Ships Throughout the World (Table of Contents)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Haney
Pencils:
Ross Andru
Inks:
Mike Esposito
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Knight's Castle (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Miller
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fact

The Figurehead of the Burning Sea! (Table of Contents)

Viking Prince / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Haney
Pencils:
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks:
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Period; adventure
Characters:
Viking Prince; Princess Asa; King Harold; Jarl Eric the Axe (villain)
Synopsis:
While at her father's castle with Prince Jon, Asa vanishes into thin air. Jarl Eric, brother of the Dragon King, has imprisoned her spirit in a wooden figurehead, so Jon sets off to rescue her.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

[There once was a rocket-ship ace] (Table of Contents)

Tootsie Roll Fudge / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Free! Rare Combination - Giant Collection (Table of Contents)

Garcelon Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for stamps from the various countries in the British Empire.

Do You Want Spending Money? (Table of Contents)

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad to recruit salespeople to sell plaques with religious and sentimental mottoes.

How to Gain up to 50 Lbs. of Mighty Muscles! (Table of Contents)

Jowett Instiute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (photo)
Inks:
? (photo)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
George Jowett; John Sill; Tony Pascarella; Jim Norman
Synopsis:
Body-building ad.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.


Make Money Get Prizes with Fast Selling American Seeds (Table of Contents)

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad to recruit salespeople for flower and vegetable seeds.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore
    Honor House Products Co.
  2. 2. Origin of the Viking Prince! (Part 1)
    Viking Prince
  3. 3. [There was a weight lifter named Lane]
    Tootsie Roll
  4. 4. [The Flash #106]
    DC Comics
  5. 5. What's Your B.Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)
  6. 6. Origin of the Viking Prince! Part 2
    Viking Prince
  7. 7. [There once was an archer named Park]
    Tootse Roll Pop
  8. 8. Famous Sailing Ships Throughout the World
  9. 9. Knight's Castle
  10. 10. The Figurehead of the Burning Sea!
    Viking Prince
  11. 11. [There once was a rocket-ship ace]
    Tootsie Roll Fudge
  12. 12. Free! Rare Combination - Giant Collection
    Garcelon Stamp Co.
  13. 13. Do You Want Spending Money?
    Stephens Credit Sales
  14. 14. How to Gain up to 50 Lbs. of Mighty Muscles!
    Jowett Instiute of Physical Training
  15. 15. Make Money Get Prizes with Fast Selling American Seeds
    American Seed Co.
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