(June-July 1959)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
On-sale Date
1959-04-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Target-- Johnny Thunder! (Table of Contents)

Johnny Thunder / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane (signed)
Inks
Gil Kane (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Thunder

Indexer Notes

Cover pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Target-- Johnny Thunder (Table of Contents: 2)

Johnny Thunder / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Gil Kane (signed)
Inks
Gil Kane (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Job Number
G-724
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Johnny Thunder [John Tane]; Miss Rhodes
Synopsis
Johnny Thunder is the target - of a stubborn Eastern girl (introduced last issue) out to land him for a partner to the Pioneers Celebration. If JT rescues Miss Rhodes on that day, he must escort her. Unaware of her plot, JT follows her riding. He snatches her from a cliff's edge, dodges Sioux arrows, leaps a chasm, swims a river. But there's a catch - no witness, no escort. Later JT hides as John Tane, schoolmaster, who she disdains, but would use as witness. But when John knocks down robbers in front of school kids, she picks John as her escort.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Star Spangled War Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Fred Finds a Way! (Table of Contents: 5)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
advocacy

Trail of the Renegade Cavalryman! (Table of Contents: 6)

Foley of the Fighting 5th / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Howard Sherman
Inks
Howard Sherman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
Six months ago, Lt Foley lost a trooper, Fred Herold, in a battle with Sioux. Now rumors are Fred has "gone Indian". Lt Foley sneaks into a Sioux teepee, but Fred refuses to budge. Foley is jailed in a wagon. But a fire sparks in nearby teepees and Fred rescues him. He was working independently undercover to learn the Sioux war plans - and Sergeant Herold receives a medal back at the fort!
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Strange Indian Beliefs! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Certain Apache Indians fancy that the world is a gigantic woman...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Hitching Post / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Isabel Fiske, Jack Porter, and John Chase.

The Sheriff Who Found Himself! (Table of Contents: 11)

The Trigger Twins / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Trigger Twins
Synopsis
Sham Sheriff Walt Triggers is finally finding his way, bringing in lawbreakers without the help of his super-sheriff twin. Confidence is good, but Wayne warns of overconfidence. Walt breaks up a robbery, shooting wild, misses with a lariat, and is nabbed and hauled off to the desert. He was played for a fool. He'll be held while the bandits rob the bank. But Wayne sneaks up, tosses him a gun, and Walt busts the entire gang alone. "A man can be as good as he wants to be!"
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Heavy Equipment Operating / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Exact Replica Army Grenade (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Exact Replica Army Grenade / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Target-- Johnny Thunder!
    Johnny Thunder
  2. 1. ["The $10,000 challenge only Joe Weider dares to make!"]
    Joe Weider Course and Products
  3. 2. Target-- Johnny Thunder
    Johnny Thunder
  4. 3. ["A fisherman called "Stinger" Ray..."]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. ["You hold TNT in your hands--"]
    Star Spangled War Stories
  6. 5. Fred Finds a Way!
  7. 6. Trail of the Renegade Cavalryman!
    Foley of the Fighting 5th
  8. 7. ["A great golfer they call "Driver" Carr..."]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  9. 8. ["Certain Apache Indians fancy that the world is a gigantic woman..."]
    Strange Indian Beliefs!
  10. 9. ["Be my guest at the Clyde Beatty & Cole Bros. combined shows circus..."]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    The Hitching Post
  12. 11. The Sheriff Who Found Himself!
    The Trigger Twins
  13. 12. ["There once was a bowler named Chris..."]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  14. 13. ["Men... immediate training as heavy equipment operators"]
    Heavy Equipment Operating
  15. 14. Exact Replica Army Grenade
    Exact Replica Army Grenade
  16. 15. ["Do you want spending money?"]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  17. 16. ["Free! Treasure chest of prized stamps from pirate strongholds!"]
    Littleton Stamp Co.
  18. 17. ["Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men! Given! Given!"]
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Clayton Emery
  • Matthew Head
  • Dave Marchand
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore