(June 1961)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1961-04-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Mort Weisinger (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from ad in The Adventures of Bob Hope #69 and copyright registration.

Tales of the Bizarro World! (Table of Contents)

Tales of the Bizarro World / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Superboy; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Krypto
Reprints

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

Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Gravity Girl of Smallville! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Bernstein
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy; Krypto; Lana Lang (also as Gravity Girl); Professor Lewis Lang; Mrs. Lang
Synopsis
Lana gets an anti-gravity belt.
Reprints

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

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

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Ollie / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh - those steps!
Genre
humor
Synopsis
Lots of steps and mean dog: no milk today.

Coming... Super-Attractions! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Superman; Action Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Mort Weisinger
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The Shame of the Bizarro Family! (Table of Contents: 8)

Tales of the Bizarro World / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Wayne Boring
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Superboy; Krypto; Bizarro Lois; Bizarro Jr.
Synopsis
Bizarro Junior No. 1 is too smart.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This story is on both Otto Binder's and Jerry Siegel's lists of scripts. Siegel credit per Martin O'Hearn. Inker credit by Bob Hughes; we formerly credited Wayne Boring.

Parents Have Rights, Too! (Table of Contents: 9)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
advocacy

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

Honey in Hollywood / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Laguna Beach, where all the movie stars vacation...
Genre
humor
Characters
Honey
Synopsis
It's only a home movie.
Reprints

Superman Is on Television! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Padell Book Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Frontier Cabin / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Tales of the Bizarro World!
    Tales of the Bizarro World
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Joe Weider
  3. 2. Gravity Girl of Smallville!
    Superboy
  4. 3. ["As the lad grew older..."]
    Superman
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park
  6. 5. ["Oh - those steps!"]
    Ollie
  7. 6. Coming... Super-Attractions!
    Superman; Action Comics; Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Smallville Mailsack
  9. 8. The Shame of the Bizarro Family!
    Tales of the Bizarro World
  10. 9. Parents Have Rights, Too!
  11. 10. ["Laguna Beach, where all the movie stars vacation..."]
    Honey in Hollywood
  12. 11. Superman Is on Television!
    The Adventures of Superman
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Padell Book Co.
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Frontier Cabin
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chemical Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Matthew Head
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Allen Ross
  • Jim Van Dore