(May 1960)

DC, 1955 Series
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Price
[0.10 USD]
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1960-03-08
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 (editor); Murray Boltinoff (associate editor); George Kashdan (associate editor)

Issue Notes

No price on cover. On-sale date from copyright registration. Copy with date stamp of March 10 reported.

We Were Ruled by the Emperor-Beast! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Lee Elias
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
science fiction
Reprints
Keywords
monsters

What's Wrong with These Pictures? (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bernard Baily
Inks
Bernard Baily
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy
Synopsis
Five ways not to behave are depicted.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appears in DC comics cover-dated May 1965.

I Fought the Sonar Creatures (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Professor Duncan; Frank
Synopsis
A scientific experiment goes wrong and creates monsters from sound waves.
Reprints
Keywords
monsters; sonar

The Readers' Choice! (Table of Contents: 3)

Rip Hunter; Justice League of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert; Mike Sekowsky
Inks
Joe Kubert; Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
science fiction; superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #26, on sale March 29, and The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #29

The Rocket Lanes of Tomorrow (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Kirby
Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Jack Kirby
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

I Became a Human Space Ship (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inks
Ruben Moreira (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Aliens kidnap an Earth man because they need his brain waves to power their space ship back to their home planet.
Reprints

Your Passport to Amazing Adventures! (Table of Contents: 6)

Tomahawk; House of Mystery; Blackhawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

I Became the Fiery Demon (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Miller
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

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

Peter Puptent, Explorer / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My assistant has been inside that ancient tomb a long time!
Genre
humor
Characters
Peter Puptent
Keywords
Egypt

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

Professor Eureka / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My, I never saw so many rockets and missiles in one place!
Genre
humor
Characters
Professor Eureka
Keywords
countdowns; rockets

We Were Ruled by the Emperor Beast! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Roussos
Inks
George Roussos
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Genre
science fiction
Characters
A creature with strange mental powers from another planet takes over a small island village and plans to conquer the world.
Keywords
monsters

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

World's Finest Comics; Detective Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

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

Science Says You're Wrong if You Believe That -- / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Morris Waldinger
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Morris Waldinger
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A sphere will roll down an inclined plane faster than a cube...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. We Were Ruled by the Emperor-Beast!
  2. 1. What's Wrong with These Pictures?
  3. 2. I Fought the Sonar Creatures
  4. 3. The Readers' Choice!
    Rip Hunter; Justice League of America
  5. 4. The Rocket Lanes of Tomorrow
  6. 5. I Became a Human Space Ship
  7. 6. Your Passport to Amazing Adventures!
    Tomahawk; House of Mystery; Blackhawk
  8. 7. I Became the Fiery Demon
  9. 8. ["My assistant has been inside that ancient tomb a long time!"]
    Peter Puptent, Explorer
  10. 9. ["My, I never saw so many rockets and missiles in one place!"]
    Professor Eureka
  11. 10. We Were Ruled by the Emperor Beast!
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    World's Finest Comics; Detective Comics
  13. 12. ["A sphere will roll down an inclined plane faster than a cube..."]
    Science Says You're Wrong if You Believe That --
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Joe Weider
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Co.
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