(April 1959)
DC,
1955 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-02-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
We Were Trapped As Human Puppets!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #41 (February 1960) -
in Mi Gran Aventura (Editorial Novaro, 1960 series) #8 (1º de marzo de 1961) - in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #21 (1975)
-
We Cruised into the Supernatural!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Maki; Marsh; Alex; Peters
- Synopsis
- A sorceror named Maki offers a group of adventurers a voyage into the supernatural.
- Reprints
-
in Fantastic Tales (Thorpe & Porter, 1963 series) #13 - in Forbidden Worlds (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #8
-
in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #16 ([August 1959]) - in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #41 (February 1960)
-
in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #131 (January 1972) - in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #22 (1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There was a weight lifter named Lane, loved Tootsie Rolls while he would train.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
Why Does the Viking Prince Risk His Life Time and Time Again-- --To Save a Mysterious Figurehead?
The Viking Prince / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
Indexer Notes
House ad for The Brave and The Bold #23
What's Your B. Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Doctor Rocket / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the most powerful rocket ship we have made!
- Genre
- humor
I Battled the Doom from the Deep
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- Near the site of a newly discovered off-shore oil supply, ships are attacked by a big green floating mass.
- Reprints
- in Fantastic Tales (Thorpe & Porter, 1963 series) #13
- in Forbidden Worlds (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #8
- in Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1956 series) #39 ([January 1959])
- in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #41 (February 1960)
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #24 (1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Pop / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There once was an archer named Park, who shot arrows from dawn until dark.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
How to Beat a Ray Gun
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Miller
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
They Lived on Borrowed Time!
Challengers of the Unknown / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
House ad for Challengers of the Unknown #7.
[no title indexed]
Amazing Editors / cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Joseph Medill, the brilliant editor of the Chicago Tribune...
- Genre
- non-fiction; history
- Reprints
- from Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #25 (January-February 1954)
- in Forbidden Worlds (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #8
-
We Were Trapped As Human Puppets
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- When a fishing boat makes landfall on an island after being blown off-course, the four occupants become human puppets obeying the commands of an alien being.
- Reprints
- in Fantastic Tales (Thorpe & Porter, 1963 series) #13
- in Forbidden Worlds (Thorpe & Porter, 1950 ? series) #8
- in Big Boy (Arédit-Artima, 1956 series) #41 (February 1960)
- in Big Boss (Arédit-Artima, 1970 series) #21 (1975) [N&B [B&W]]
-
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Fudge / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There once was a rocker-ship ace who bought Tootsie Roll Fudge by the case.
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
We Were Trapped As Human Puppets!
-
1.
Draw Lincoln
Art Instruction, Inc. -
2.
We Cruised into the Supernatural!
-
3.
["There was a weight lifter named Lane, loved Tootsie Rolls while he would train."]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
Why Does the Viking Prince Risk His Life Time and Time Again-- --To Save a Mysterious Figurehead?
The Viking Prince -
5.
What's Your B. Q.*? (*Brotherhood Quotient)
-
6.
["This is the most powerful rocket ship we have made!"]
Doctor Rocket -
7.
I Battled the Doom from the Deep
-
8.
["There once was an archer named Park, who shot arrows from dawn until dark."]
Tootsie Roll Pop -
9.
How to Beat a Ray Gun
-
10.
They Lived on Borrowed Time!
Challengers of the Unknown -
11.
["Joseph Medill, the brilliant editor of the Chicago Tribune..."]
Amazing Editors -
12.
We Were Trapped As Human Puppets
-
13.
["There once was a rocker-ship ace who bought Tootsie Roll Fudge by the case."]
Tootsie Roll Fudge -
14.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
15.
[no title indexed]
Littleton Stamp Co. -
16.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
17.
[no title indexed]
American Seed Co.
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