(December 1962)
DC,
1955 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-10-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
in 
We Were Challenged by the River Spirit
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Synopsis
- Five jungle explorers seem to be pursued by Shenzi, a legendary water spirit, but when they reach safety they are unsure of what actually took place.
[no title indexed]
Peter Puptent, Explorer / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Enough of walking through this hot, sticky jungle today.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Peter Puptent
I Climbed the Tower of Terror
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- A steelworker accidentally discovers a flying island concealed in a cloud, and shortly after, a plane with a criminal fugitive aboard crashes on the cloud.
[no title indexed]
Quick Quiz / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Which animal has more bones in its neck...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- from ?
[no title indexed]
Private Pete / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And keep digging until I tell you to stop!
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Private Pete
- Reprints
-
from All-American Men of War (DC, 1952 series) #17 (January 1955)
-
[no title indexed]
The Adventurers’ Club / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Murray Boltinoff ?
- Pencils
- ? (logo illustration)
- Inks
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters submitted by Curt Wiegand, Mike Murphy, Bobby O'Keefe, Abby Hicks, and Toby Driscoll.
Doom Was My Inheritance
comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Simon Horst; Adam Lake; Esmeralda; Matt Lake
- Synopsis
- Adam Lake takes a challenge to reach Simon Horst's emerald mine, 20 miles into the jungle.
- Reprints
- in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #160 (November-December 1974)
-
in Doomsday (K. G. Murray, 1972 series) #27 ([June 1976] ?)
-
- Keywords
- Venezuela
Superman Talks About... "Pennies for UNICEF!"
Superman / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
- Characters
- Superman
- Synopsis
- Joe doesn't see the purpose of collecting money for UNICEF while trick-or-treating until Superman takes him and his friend Tom on a trip around the world to see what UNICEF does for children in other lands.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later published in DC comics cover-dated December 1966.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Doom Was My Inheritance!
-
1.
["Hi, everybody! Meet Johnny DC..."]
-
2.
We Were Challenged by the River Spirit
-
3.
["Tootsie Roll makes history!"]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
["Enough of walking through this hot, sticky jungle today."]
Peter Puptent, Explorer -
5.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling 50¢ Xmas packs"]
American Specialty Company Christmas Cards & Seals -
6.
I Climbed the Tower of Terror
-
7.
["I'm a basketball referee..."]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
8.
["Which animal has more bones in its neck..."]
Quick Quiz -
9.
["And keep digging until I tell you to stop!"]
Private Pete -
10.
["Hi! I'm Johnny DC..."]
Tommy Tomorrow -
11.
[no title indexed]
The Adventurers’ Club -
12.
Doom Was My Inheritance
-
13.
["Your eyes may play tricks.... but not your taste!"]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
14.
Convoy Terror
Convoy Terror -
15.
Superman Talks About... "Pennies for UNICEF!"
Superman -
16.
["Never before! So many great Schwinn features at such a low price!"]
Schwinn Bicycles
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- Matthew Head
- James Ludwig
- Donald Dale Milne
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- Jim Van Dore
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