(January 1963)

DC, 1955 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1962-11-08
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.

I Was the Hunted Man-Bird of Mystery Mesa! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Gene Colan
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
adventure
Reprints

104 Kings' Knights (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Castaway Cave-Men of 1950 (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Purcell
Inks
Howard Purcell
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Genre
adventure
Synopsis
A science teacher relates a story to his class about an expedition in 1950 that discovered the child survivors of a 1930 shipwreck, now grown into cavemen.

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

Strange Sports Stories / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Touchdown for Picasso! (Table of Contents: 4)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Editing
?

Genre
advocacy
Characters
Stan; friend of Stan's; Biff Drake
Synopsis
Stan learns that his favorite football player also enjoys the fine arts.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

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

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Bannion vs. the Terrible Titan (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Paul Parker
Inks
Paul Parker
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Genre
adventure
Synopsis
A former Hollywood stuntman heroically saves the city of Rhodes when the long-destroyed Colossus seemingly comes to life.
Reprints
Keywords
Colossus of Rhodes; Greece

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Peter Puptent, Explorer / comic story / 1 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
This is my first trip in a jungle, Mr. Puptent.
Genre
humor
Characters
Peter Puptent
Keywords
giraffes; jungle

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

Shorty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What a jungle!
Genre
humor
Characters
Shorty
Reprints
Keywords
jungle; shaving

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

The Adventurers’ Club / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff ?
Pencils
? (logo illustration)
Inks
? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Helen McDermott, Bobby Rogers, Tom McDonald, and C. Marshall.

I Was the Hunted Man-Bird of Mystery Mesa! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Gene Colan
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Synopsis
Two Native American brothers rediscover a forgotten way to make rain.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Convoy Terror (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Convoy Terror / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Task Force (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Task Force / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

100 Toy Soldiers $1.25 (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

150 Civil War Soldiers! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. I Was the Hunted Man-Bird of Mystery Mesa!
  2. 1. 104 Kings' Knights
    104 Kings' Knights
  3. 2. Castaway Cave-Men of 1950
  4. 3. ["Here is your formula for a new thrill in comic book reading!"]
    Strange Sports Stories
  5. 4. Touchdown for Picasso!
  6. 5. ["Featuring the mightiest super-heroes of all time!"]
    Superman
  7. 6. ["The secret adventures of Batman and Robin!"]
    Batman and Robin
  8. 7. Bannion vs. the Terrible Titan
  9. 8. ["Hi! I'm Johnny DC, the mascot at DC Publications!"]
    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  10. 9. ["This is my first trip in a jungle, Mr. Puptent."]
    Peter Puptent, Explorer
  11. 10. ["What a jungle!"]
    Shorty
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    The Adventurers’ Club
  13. 12. I Was the Hunted Man-Bird of Mystery Mesa!
  14. 13. ["For holiday giving..."]
  15. 14. Convoy Terror
    Convoy Terror
  16. 15. Task Force
    Task Force
  17. 16. 100 Toy Soldiers $1.25
    100 Toy Soldiers
  18. 17. 150 Civil War Soldiers!
    150 Civil War Soldiers
  19. 18. ["Skinny or fat, 15, 20, 30 or 40 years of age..."]
    American Body Building Club
  20. 19. ["For real shootin' fun with a real gun feel..."]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore