(June 1959)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Comics Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Julius Schwartz
Format:
Standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; was ongoing series

Fishermen from the Sea! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gil Kane
Inks:
Gil Kane
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Cover pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (2 February 2008)


Fishermen from the Sea! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Mike Sekowsky
Inks:
Joe Giella
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Synopsis:
David and Helen Palmer are captured by water-breathing aliens who intend to flood the whole world but they are scared off by an atomic bomb test.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).


Fred Finds a Way! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Synopsis:
Fred learns that there are other ways of participating in his favorite sport of baseball even though he isn't yet good enough to be picked for the team.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly


Your Passport to Strange Journeys... (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bill Ely; Gil Kane (illustrations)
Inks:
Bill Ely; Gil Kane (illustrations)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

Indexer Notes

house ad for House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #21 and Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #52


Case of the Stolen Earth-Faces! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Sid Greene
Inks:
Sid Greene
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Synopsis:
An alien transforms all the men in a town into duplicates of himself so that no one can spot him among the others while he searches for an element that his invading army needs.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (2 February 2008)


["In one of your recent stories it was theorized that the asteroids..."] (Table of Contents)

Spotlight on Science / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Julius Schwartz ?
Pencils:
? (logo illustration)
Inks:
? (logo illustration)
Colors:
? (logo illustration)
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

answers to scientific inquiries from readers


["Should the head of a comet collide with the earth..."] (Table of Contents)

Amazing Ratios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Julius Schwartz ?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Space-Scoop--2159 A.D.! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Manny Stallman
Inks:
John Giunta
Colors:
?
Letters:
Gaspar Saladino ?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Synopsis:
Two interplanetary news reporters keep coming up with new scientific ways of beating each other to print.

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided to the GCD by DC Comics (2 February 2008)


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Fishermen from the Sea!
  2. 2. Fred Finds a Way!
  3. 3. Your Passport to Strange Journeys...
  4. 4. Case of the Stolen Earth-Faces!
  5. 5. ["In one of your recent stories it was theorized that the asteroids..."]
    Spotlight on Science
  6. 6. ["Should the head of a comet collide with the earth..."]
    Amazing Ratios
  7. 7. Space-Scoop--2159 A.D.!
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Dwayne Best
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Mike Tiefenbacher
  • Arthur Lortie
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mark Gordon
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ed Boner
  • Bob Hughes