(July 1959)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-05-14
- 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 (credited) (editor); Murray Boltinoff (credited) (associate editor); George Kashdan (credited) (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Buzzy Brown
- Synopsis
- When the clubhouse boys jump to conclusions and believe Jim stole the club's money, Buzzy advises them to stay calm and double-check before making accusations.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated April 1952.
The Creatures from the Space Globe
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Arnald Arnaldo; Manduu
- Synopsis
- Arnald Arnaldo finds a replica of a long lost planet in a Venusian curio shop. While studying it back on Earth, two figures come to life and go on a rampage. After they return to the globe, Arnaldo takes the globe to Mercury, thinking Earth's atmosphere has awakened them, but the process repeats itself there with four creatures coming to life. Arnaldo discovers that the globe isn't a model of Krx, but is the planet itself. Scientists had decided to shrink Krx in size to eliminate the problems it created, but it had drifted off in space before the process was complete.
- Reprints
-
in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #19 ([November 1959]) -
in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #44 (novembre 1961) [N&B/B&W]
-
- Keywords
- Mercury; shrinking
[no title indexed]
Doctor Rocket / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as
Henry Boltinoff) - Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is our rocket we hope to get off to the moon.
- Genre
- humor; science fiction
- Characters
- Dr. Rocket; Dr. Floogle
- Synopsis
- Dr. Rocket's moon missile launches prematurely, with Dr. Floogle still inside.
The Space Musketeers
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Lark; Odar; Gel; James Blane; Professor Lugo Berks; Webbas
- Synopsis
- Lark, Odar, and Gel are the three Space Musketeers, hired to track down a scientist who crashed on an alien planet with his latest invention. Gel's people can fly and ride wind currents; Odar's people can generate heat and melt their way through mountains; and Lark's people have super-strength. Using these abilities, the three manage to recover the scientist, his weapon, and capture the criminals trying to get to the weapon first.
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #19 ([November 1959])
- in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #42 (septembre 1961) [N&B/B&W]
-
[no title indexed]
Danny Dotto / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hmm -- This used to be such a nice neighborhood!
- Reprints
-
from The Fox and the Crow (DC, 1951 series) #8 (February-March 1953)
-
Indexer Notes
Dot-to-dot puzzle.
The Weather Witch
text story / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Miller ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- A community is visited by an old woman who claims she can control the weather, for a price.
The Experimental Man
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Thor Larkin; Luga; Rab; Doctor Kura; Professor Sog; Professor Bok; Gur
- Synopsis
- Thor Larkin has to eject from his ship when trouble arises. He makes a water landing and is captured by fishermen who believe him to be some ancient ancestor of their own people. Taken to scientists, he is used as a test animal for a matter transporter beam.
- Reprints
- in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #20 ([December 1959])
- in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #42 (septembre 1961) [N&B/B&W]
-
- Keywords
- teleportation
Publicity News Stunts
cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from Big Town (DC, 1951 series) #29 (September-October 1954)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Experimental Man!
-
1.
Buzzy Says "Be Sure of Your Facts!"
Buzzy -
2.
The Creatures from the Space Globe
-
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
Your Passport to Strange Journeys...
-
5.
["This is our rocket we hope to get off to the moon."]
Doctor Rocket -
6.
The Space Musketeers
-
7.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Pop -
8.
["Hmm -- This used to be such a nice neighborhood!"]
Danny Dotto -
9.
["Be my guest at Palisades Amusement Park..."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
10.
Operation Blackhawks!
Blackhawk -
11.
The Weather Witch
-
12.
The Experimental Man
-
13.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll Fudge -
14.
Publicity News Stunts
-
15.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
16.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
17.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Co.
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- Peter Croome
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Tristan Lapoussière
- Mark Muller
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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