(January 1961)

DC, 1938 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:
Mort Weisinger
Format:
Color; mostly Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age US size, Digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503; mostly Saddle-Stitched, Squarebound #390, 416, 491-503

Issue Notes

Contains indexer Bob Cherry's letter of comment. (Anybody know where the other two are?)


Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
John Forte?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Lori Lemaris; Lana Lang

Indexer Notes

Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05


Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
John Forte
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Lori Lemaris; Lana Lang; Britt Lemaris (intro); Orma Lemaris (intro); kryptonite; Prof Lang; Aquababy (cameo)
Synopsis:
Superboy meets Lori Lemaris as a teen-ager.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Explanation of the difference between Aquaman's Atlantis and Lori Lemaris's Atlantis. Inker id by Bob Hughes 8/05


Watch for the Second Superman Annual! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; Titano; Brainiac; Bizarro; Metallo
Synopsis:
House ad for Superman Annual #2.

["There's the moon - straight ahead!"] (Table of Contents)

Doctor Rocket / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Synopsis:
Forgets toothbrush; goes back

Seven Faces of Congorilla (Table of Contents)

Congorilla and Janu / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Bernstein
Pencils:
Howard Sherman
Inks:
Howard Sherman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; jungle
Characters:
Janu
Synopsis:
Dizziness makes him act out nursery rhyme

Indexer Notes

writer id by Bob Hughes 8/05


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Smallville Mailsack / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mort Weisinger [as Ed.]
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Superboy

["Pardon me, is Miss Gibbs here?"] (Table of Contents)

Peg / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Synopsis:
Boy uses excuse to visit girl's gym class repeatedly
Reprints:

The Lost Ocean! (Table of Contents)

Aquaman and Aqualad / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Bernstein
Pencils:
Ramona Fradon
Inks:
Ramona Fradon
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth]; Jim Flood; Ted Flood; Movie Director; Lighthouse Keeper
Synopsis:
Aquaman and Aqualad help make TV movie Sea Chase after the two stars get the bends after diving to deep. Sea Chase is a parody of TV series Sea Hunt.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Bob Hughes 8/05.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Superboy and the Mermaid from Atlantis
    Superboy
  2. 2. Watch for the Second Superman Annual!
    Superman
  3. 3. ["There's the moon - straight ahead!"]
    Doctor Rocket
  4. 4. Seven Faces of Congorilla
    Congorilla and Janu
  5. 5. [no title indexed]
    Smallville Mailsack
  6. 6. ["Pardon me, is Miss Gibbs here?"]
    Peg
  7. 7. The Lost Ocean!
    Aquaman and Aqualad
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gene Reed
  • Terry Jeffress
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Cherry
  • Gene Reed
  • Lou Mougin
  • Martin O'Hearn
  • Michael Grabois
  • Mike Tiefenbacher
  • Pat Lang
  • Mark Waid
  • Sidne Gail Ward
  • Jon Ingersoll
  • Dan Kocher
  • Bob Hughes
  • Ted Watson
  • Mark Gordon
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Dwayne Best
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Ed Boner