(June-July 1960)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1960-04-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Robert Kanigher (editor)

Issue Notes

Indexed with help from Mike Shawaluk. On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Train of Terror! (Table of Contents)

Mlle. Marie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Jerry Grandenetti
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
war
Characters
US Paratrooper; Mlle. Marie (mentioned)

Test Your Talent! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Art Instruction, Inc. courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Train of Terror! (Table of Contents: 2)

Mlle. Marie / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shoot ze lights out -- or we are feenished!
Genre
war
Characters
Mlle. Marie; French Resistance fighters; Colonel Von Ekt; Nazis; Captain Allan
Synopsis
Marie's forces need ammo, but a Nazi truck is booby trapped and explodes. Her signal to Army HQ is jammed by Von Ekt. Army HQ needs to find and destroy new Nazi dreadnaught [sic] tanks. Captain Allan parachutes in, but he and Marie are spotlighted and gassed... Near the super-tanks, Marie and Allan are put aboard a Nazi ammunition train. The Underground tries to flag it, but are showered with grenades. Marie kisses Allan as a distraction. They overpower the guard and highball the train to jump the tracks and destroy the tanks. Marie is a mess. "The cutest coal miner I ever saw!"
Keywords
French Resistance; railroad train; Underground

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 8 pages and 5 pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Be Your Own Boss! (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.

Battle Story of the 3rd Marine Division... World War II (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Morris Waldinger
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; war

Cry "Wolf" Mission! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Russ Heath
Inks
Russ Heath
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
war
Characters
Davey Lee (frogman); Ben Lee (skipper and frogman)
Synopsis
In the Pacific, Davey Lee, frogman, slides under a sub net but gets blasted. Skipper Ben, his brother, sends out Davey and another frogman, but the net is gone! He's told not to "cry wolf!" They find a quiet sub and detonate it. But USN destroyers keep getting sunk. Finally they find an electrified net, enemy frogmen, and the killer sub and blow it up. The enemy used a dummy sub and kept moving it. But "The third try was it!"
Reprints
Keywords
frogmen; submarine; UDT

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (credited as Sgt. Rock)
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Sgt Rock answers questions about 155mm tank guns, M2 carbine fire rates, and classes of combat troops.

Indexer Notes

Letters from Joseph Cleary, Peter Wembly, and Lloyd Drexel.

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

The Brave and the Bold; Justice League of America; Showcase; Rip Hunter... Time Master / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Iron Cross vs Bronze Star! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Jack Abel
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
For the man who stood like an iron statue...
Genre
war
Characters
Nazi Corporal Langer; American PFC Jack Hall
Synopsis
Two soldiers on opposite sides... Nazi Cpl Langer stands like an iron statue and blows a tank, earning an Iron Cross... PFC Jack Hall desperately holds a position and receives a Bronze Star... The two men converge on a stone tower for an observation post. They battle. The Nazi sneers as the American ducks and dives. But in a final fight in the dark, "Iron is brittle... and it breaks." The GI reflects how the medals themselves really did the fighting.
Keywords
Bronze Star; Iron Cross

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

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

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

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

The National Sports Council Books / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Train of Terror!
    Mlle. Marie
  2. 1. Test Your Talent!
    Art Instruction, Inc. courses
  3. 2. The Train of Terror!
    Mlle. Marie
  4. 3. ["Be my guest at the 5 ring Hunt Bros...."]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  5. 4. Be Your Own Boss!
  6. 5. Battle Story of the 3rd Marine Division... World War II
  7. 6. Cry "Wolf" Mission!
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner
  9. 8. ["The readers' choice!"]
    The Brave and the Bold; Justice League of America; Showcase; Rip Hunter... Time Master
  10. 9. Iron Cross vs Bronze Star!
  11. 10. ["Do you want spending money?"]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  12. 11. ["Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men!"]
    Wilson Chemical Co.
  13. 12. ["We'll ripple your body with muscles..."]
    The National Sports Council Books
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