(August 1960)

DC, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of March, June, Sept., and Dec.
On-sale Date
1960-06-28
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

On-sale date from copyright registration.
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Cave of Secret Creatures! (Table of Contents)

Wonder Girl / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Girl [Diana Prince]; Mer-Boy
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Cave of Secret Creatures! (Table of Contents: 2)

Wonder Girl / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mer-Boy; Wonder Girl [Diana Prince]; Wonder Woman [Diana Prince] (host); Hippolyta; Nolla (Amazon); Firra (mermaid); Leena (Amazon)
Synopsis
When Mer-Boy tries to get a legendary necklace from a sea spider's cave for Wonder Girl, she ends up having to rescue him.
Reprints

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

A Date with Judy; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
For the very best...

Indexer Notes

Promotional ad showing the cover of A Date With Judy #78 and Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #19. No on sale dates mentioned.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Marriage a la Mode! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
During a Moslem wedding ceremony...
Genre
non-fiction; romance
Synopsis
Four panels with wedding customs from around the world.
Reprints

Presenting the Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told! (Table of Contents: 5)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman

Indexer Notes

Promotional advertisement for Giant Superman Annual #1, 1960, on sale everywhere.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Wonder Woman's Clubhouse / letters page / 1 page (report information)

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

Characters
Wonder Girl; Wonder Woman
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Brenda Rae Rennert; Jean Gruber; Lee Phillips and Paul Koeppe. Editor Kanigher writes the column and replies as Wonder Woman.

The Time Traveler of Terror! [Part One] (Table of Contents: 7)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Professor Andro; General Darnell
Synopsis
Wonder Woman recognizes Professor Andro from various pictures of ancient disasters and realizes he must be a time traveler who has been causing the accidents, and that he is in the present to cause a rocket to explode.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pages 1 through 8.

New Moon Superstitions (Table of Contents: 8)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction

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

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Superman Says... "Lend a Friendly Hand!" (Table of Contents: 10)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
advocacy; superhero
Characters
Superman; Jim; Jim's friend; Sandor; refugees
Synopsis
Superman shows two boys the problems refugee children face.

[The Time Traveler of Terror!] Part Two... (Table of Contents: 11)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Professor Andro; General Darnell
Synopsis
Wonder Woman recognizes Professor Andro from various pictures of ancient disasters and realizes he must be a time traveler who has been causing the accidents, and that he is in the present to cause a rocket to explode.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pages 9 through 12.

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

The Flash; Green Lantern / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
For the very best...

Indexer Notes

Promotional ad showing the covers of The Flash #115 and Green Lantern #2. No on sale dates mentioned.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

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

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

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

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Sold by Wilson Chemical Co.
Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Midwest Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
?

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Cave of Secret Creatures!
    Wonder Girl
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    The National Sports Council Books
  3. 2. The Cave of Secret Creatures!
    Wonder Girl
  4. 3. ["For the very best..."]
    A Date with Judy; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
  5. 4. ["During a Moslem wedding ceremony..."]
    Marriage a la Mode!
  6. 5. Presenting the Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told!
    Superman
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Wonder Woman's Clubhouse
  8. 7. The Time Traveler of Terror! [Part One]
    Wonder Woman
  9. 8. New Moon Superstitions
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Garcelon Stamps
  11. 10. Superman Says... "Lend a Friendly Hand!"
    Superman
  12. 11. [The Time Traveler of Terror!] Part Two...
    Wonder Woman
  13. 12. ["For the very best..."]
    The Flash; Green Lantern
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Stephens Credit Sales Mottoes
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Frontier Cabin
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    150 Civil War Soldiers
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Midwest Cards
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Belknap
  • Nick Caputo
  • Bill Devine
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Van Dore