(February 1960)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1959-12-15
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Challenge of the Alien Champion!
The Space Ranger / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Space Ranger can't possibly win this match -- and if he loses, Earth is doomed!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Myra Mason; Space Ranger [Rick Starr]
- Reprints
-
in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #40 (1º de junio de 1961)
-
The Duplicate Doom!
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Characters
- Josh Cullins
- Synopsis
- Mysterious phenomenon appear on both sides of a county line, and on both sides a mysterious man asks the townspeople how they would get rid of it. Then the solution magically appears to varying degrees of success. As it turns out, it's all part of an alien betting game.
- Reprints
-
in Five-Score Plus Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #26 ([June 1960]) - in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #40 (1º de junio de 1961)
-
- Keywords
- aliens
Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
Strange Adventures; My Greatest Adventure; House of Mystery / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for Strange Adventures #113, My Greatest Adventure #40, and House of Mystery #95.
Superboy Says: "It's Fun to Help Others!"
Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
[no title indexed]
Professor Eureka / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's finished! At last I can present my robot...
- Genre
- humor
Space Stunts for Sale
comic story / 8 pages
- Synopsis
- Steve Stacy arranges publicity stunts for his clients until they mysteriously start going wrong, endangering people.
- Reprints
- in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #40 (1º de junio de 1961)
-
[no title indexed]
Our Strange Universe / cartoon / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- According to astronomical estimates, the mass of our Milky Way galaxy...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
-
from Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #28 (October-November 1955) - in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #40 (1º de junio de 1961)
-
Challenge of the Alien Champion
The Space Ranger / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Cryll; Myra Mason; Space Ranger [Rick Starr]
- Synopsis
- Space Ranger, Myra, and Cryll are lured into an ambush and kidnapped. Space Ranger is "invited" to a one-on-one combat with the champion of Illyrion. If he refuses, Earthmen will be thought of as cowards; if he accepts and is killed, Earth may go to war with Illyrion.
- Reprints
-
in Sidéral (Arédit-Artima, 1958 series) #38 (mai 1961) [N&B/B&W] - in Historias Fantásticas (Editorial Novaro, 1958 series) #40 (1º de junio de 1961)
-
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Jowett Institute of Body Building
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Challenge of the Alien Champion!
The Space Ranger -
1.
[no title indexed]
Frontier Cabin -
2.
[no title indexed]
Hi-Power Binoculars -
3.
The Duplicate Doom!
-
4.
Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
Strange Adventures; My Greatest Adventure; House of Mystery -
5.
Superboy Says: "It's Fun to Help Others!"
Superboy -
6.
["It's finished! At last I can present my robot..."]
Professor Eureka -
7.
[no title indexed]
Continental Schools Courses -
8.
Space Stunts for Sale
-
9.
["According to astronomical estimates, the mass of our Milky Way galaxy..."]
Our Strange Universe -
10.
[no title indexed]
-
11.
The Hostage City
-
12.
Challenge of the Alien Champion
The Space Ranger -
13.
[no title indexed]
Aircraft Carrier with 5 Catapulting Jets -
14.
[no title indexed]
150 Civil War Soldiers -
15.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes -
16.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
17.
[no title indexed]
Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ed Boner
- Ruben Cortes
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Mark Muller
- Jim Van Dore
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