(January 1961)

DC, 1956 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:
Jack Schiff; Murray Boltinoff (Associate Editor); George Kashdan (Associate Editor)
Format:
Color; Standard Silver Age US; saddle-stitched; newsprint; was ongoing series

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Jungle Beasts of Jupiter! (Table of Contents)

Space Ranger / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Brown
Inks:
Bob Brown
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
science Fiction; superhero
Characters:
Space Ranger; Cryll

The Jungle Beasts of Jupiter (Table of Contents)

Space Ranger / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arnold Drake
Pencils:
Bob Brown
Inks:
Bob Brown
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science Fiction; superhero
Characters:
Space Ranger; Cryll; Myra Mason; Jang
Synopsis:
Space Ranger and Cryll search for a missing professor on Jupiter.

["Go down to the planet Earth..."] (Table of Contents)

On the Planet Og / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Synopsis:
The Oggites don't know what a human being looks like.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
various
Inks:
various
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Brainiac; Metallo; Titano; Bizarro; Thing from 40,000 A.D.

Indexer Notes

House ad for Superman Annual #2 (January 1961)


Riddle of the Test Tube World (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
George Roussos
Inks:
George Roussos
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

Get a Grip on Your Gripes! (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

Synopsis:
Fred loses his temper all the time until he is confronted by Joe.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.


Star Pointing... (Table of Contents)

filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Indexer Notes

Legends and superstitions about stars.


The Menace of the Carbon Creatures (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

Have Slide Rule, Will Travel (Table of Contents)

Spaceman-at-Work / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bill Ely
Inks:
Bill Ely
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Cheevers; Alex Conrad; Tobias Sykes

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Jungle Beasts of Jupiter
    Space Ranger
  2. 2. ["Go down to the planet Earth..."]
    On the Planet Og
  3. 3. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  4. 4. Riddle of the Test Tube World
  5. 5. Get a Grip on Your Gripes!
  6. 6. Star Pointing...
  7. 7. The Menace of the Carbon Creatures
  8. 8. Have Slide Rule, Will Travel
    Spaceman-at-Work
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Dwayne Best
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
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  • Bob Hughes
  • Ramon Schenk
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