(March 1963)
Western,
1962 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-12-06
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- K. K. Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Gold Key
- Editing
- Bill Harris (editor)
Issue Notes
Cover code: 10000-303.
On sale date confirmed from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 17, Part 2, Number 1, Periodicals, January-June 1963. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B19676. A known copy has stamped arrival date of December 7 ("DEC 7").
On sale date confirmed from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 17, Part 2, Number 1, Periodicals, January-June 1963. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B19676. A known copy has stamped arrival date of December 7 ("DEC 7").
[no title indexed]
Doctor Solar / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Wilson (painting)
- Inks
- George Wilson (painting)
- Colors
- George Wilson (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Solar fights with fire and ice to uncover the secret of the hidden hands!
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Doctor Solar
- Synopsis
- Science fiction scene in which Solar uses his power at a mysterious door.
- Reprints
-
in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1811 (1966) -
in Doktor Solar (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #3 ([circa 1966]) -
in Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004) - in Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([October] 2010), #1 ([October] 2010)
-
The Sea, Number 7: Islands
Keys of Knowledge / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
On the inside front cover.
The Hidden Hands
Doctor Solar / comic story / 16 pages
- Job Number
- 6212
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Doctor Solar; Dr. Gail Sanders; Dr. Clarkson; Nuro; Dr. Gantry; The U.S. President
- Synopsis
- Nuro coerces Gantry into designing an invisibility suit and using it for crime. Solar stops him at the cost of Gantry's life. Nuro remains unknown.
- Reprints
- in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1811 (1966)
- in Doktor Solar (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #3 ([circa 1966])
- in Die Actionhelden (Condor, 1978 series) #11
-
in Semic superpocket (Semic, 1981 series) #5 - Buck Rogers og mange andre eventyrhelter (1982) - in Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
- in Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([October] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- invisibility; invisible
Bug Power
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1811 (1966)
- in Doktor Solar (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #3 ([circa 1966])
-
Seeds of Trouble
Professor Harbinger / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1811 (1966)
- in Doktor Solar (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #3 ([circa 1966])
-
Solar's Deadly Double
Doctor Solar / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters
- Doctor Solar; Solar's doubles; Dr. Clarkson; Dr. Gail Sanders
- Synopsis
- Sunspots wreak havoc with a weather-control satellite. When Solar tries to intervene, he separates into positive and negative selves, neutralizing his own actions and running low on energy. Dr Clarkson reintegrates him with a cyclotron. Solar saves Gail from a tornado, and Clarkson sends a self-destruct signal to the satellite.
- Reprints
- in Die Actionhelden (Condor, 1978 series) #14
- in Avontuur Classics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1811 (1966)
- in Doktor Solar (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #3 ([circa 1966])
- in Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (Dark Horse, 2004 series) #1 (December 2004)
- in Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom Archives (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 ([October] 2010)
-
- Keywords
- blizzard; satellite; space; sunspot; tornado; weather; weather control
The Sea, Number 9: Coral Formations
Keys of Knowledge / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
On the inside back cover.
Solar Pin-Up No. 3
Doctor Solar / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- George Wilson (painting)
- Inks
- George Wilson (painting)
- Colors
- George Wilson (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Same image as front cover, minus trade dress, etc.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Solar fights with fire and ice to uncover the secret of the hidden hands!"]
Doctor Solar -
1.
The Sea, Number 7: Islands
Keys of Knowledge -
2.
The Hidden Hands
Doctor Solar -
3.
Bug Power
-
4.
Seeds of Trouble
Professor Harbinger -
5.
Solar's Deadly Double
Doctor Solar -
6.
The Sea, Number 9: Coral Formations
Keys of Knowledge -
7.
Solar Pin-Up No. 3
Doctor Solar
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