(October 1961)
- 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
Trap of the Space Convict
comic story / 7.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mort Meskin
- Inks:
- George Roussos
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
Big-Big-Big News about a Small-Small-Small Super-Hero
The Atom / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- Murphy Anderson
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Atom [Ray Palmer]; Kulan Dar
Indexer Notes
House ad for Showcase #34 (September-October 1961), featuring the Atom's first Silver Age appearance.
A Message from Otto the Robot!
public service announcement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils:
- Bernard Baily
- Inks:
- Bernard Baily
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ira Schnapp
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Bobby dreams about the fantastic future that robots will provide, but the robot in his dream reminds him that humans will always be needed too.
Indexer Notes
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
The Strange Code of Creox!
comic story / 7.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Bill Ely
- Inks:
- Bill Ely
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
The Alien Deceivers
text story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction
The Amazing Dr. Elektro
Space Ranger / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Arnold Drake
- Pencils:
- Bob Brown
- Inks:
- Bob Brown
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters:
- Space Ranger; Myra Mason; Cryll; Dr. Elektro (introduction)
- Synopsis:
- Space Ranger's crew disguise themselves to lure Dr. Elektro and his gang of phantom raiders into attacking their ship.
- Reprints:
- in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #28 ([March 1962])
Indexer Notes
writer identification by Bob Hughes
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Trap of the Space Convict
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2.
Big-Big-Big News about a Small-Small-Small Super-Hero
The Atom -
3.
A Message from Otto the Robot!
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4.
The Strange Code of Creox!
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5.
The Alien Deceivers
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6.
The Amazing Dr. Elektro
Space Ranger
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Dwayne Best
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Carl Gafford
- Bob Hughes
- Ramon Schenk
- Ed Boner
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