(May 1960)

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

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Invasion of the Water-Warriors! (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

Invasion of the Water Warriors! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Russ Heath
Inks:
Russ Heath
Colors:
?
Letters:
Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Synopsis:
A giant creature from the planet Korama, seemingly made of water, lands on Earth and plans to conquer the planet.

What's Wrong with These Pictures? (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:
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.


The World Inside the Earth! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Synopsis:
Two scientists discover that the Earth was formed around a huge spaceship which became incapacitated millions of years ago, and its occupants are finally ready to resume their voyage through space.

["A supernova -- a star that suddenly flares up..."] (Table of Contents)

Amazing Ratios / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Julius Schwartz
Pencils:
Morris Waldinger ?
Inks:
Tommy Nicolosi ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Milt Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

["On a number of occasions I've noticed that..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Julius Schwartz [as Science Editor]
Pencils:
? (illustration)
Inks:
? (illustration)
Colors:
? (illustration)
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

scientific inquiries from readers


The Case of the Robot-Spy! (Table of Contents)

Star Hawkins / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John Broome
Pencils:
Mike Sekowsky
Inks:
Bernard Sachs
Colors:
?
Letters:
Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction; detective
Characters:
Star Hawkins; Ilda
Synopsis:
Ilda goes undercover to find a band of jewel thieves without telling Hawkins, but her disguise is penetrated and she needs his help after all.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Invasion of the Water Warriors!
  2. 2. What's Wrong with These Pictures?
  3. 3. The World Inside the Earth!
  4. 4. ["A supernova -- a star that suddenly flares up..."]
    Amazing Ratios
  5. 5. ["On a number of occasions I've noticed that..."]
    Spotlight on Science
  6. 6. The Case of the Robot-Spy!
    Star Hawkins
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