(August 1959)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Jack Schiff
- Format:
- Color; Standard Silver Age US; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was ongoing series
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #24 (September 1952)
The Last Days of Planet Mars!
Space Ranger / comic story / 9.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Ed Hamilton ?; Gardner Fox ?
- Pencils:
- Jim Mooney
- Inks:
- Jim Mooney
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters:
- Space Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll
Indexer Notes
Space Ranger continued from try -out in Showcase #15, 16.
The Tree of Death
filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- Morris Waldinger
- Pencils:
- Morris Waldinger
- Inks:
- Morris Waldinger
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Morris Waldinger
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #14 (May 1953)
["There are rumors about this desert being inhabited by monsters..."]
Peter Puptent Explorer / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
The Lighthouse In The Sky
comic story / 5.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Howard Purcell (signed)
- Inks:
- Howard Purcell (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
[Comets, Helium, Robot]
Scientific Word Origins / filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- Mort Drucker
- Pencils:
- Mort Drucker
- Inks:
- Mort Drucker
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Mort Drucker
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #24 (September 1952)
The Super-Insect Army
text story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
Battle of the Colossal Creatures
comic story / 7.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bob Brown
- Inks:
- Bob Brown
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
Indexer Notes
Cover story
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Last Days of Planet Mars!
Space Ranger -
2.
The Tree of Death
-
3.
["There are rumors about this desert being inhabited by monsters..."]
Peter Puptent Explorer -
4.
The Lighthouse In The Sky
-
5.
[Comets, Helium, Robot]
Scientific Word Origins -
6.
The Super-Insect Army
-
7.
Battle of the Colossal Creatures
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Gene Reed
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Carl Gafford
- Bob Hughes
- Ramon Schenk
- Ed Boner
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