(May-June 1963)

DC, 1956 Series
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Price:
0.12 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
Bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Murray Boltinoff; George Kashdan
Format:
Standard Silver Age U.S.; Later Standard Modern Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was An On-Going Series

Issue Notes

© 1963 by National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Third Tommy Tomorrow issue.


Wanted for Treason: Tommy Tomorrow! (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Lee Elias
Inks:
Lee Elias
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Tommy Tomorrow

Countdown on Excellence (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
Fact
Characters:
Jerry; Jerry's father
Synopsis:
Jerry gets a lecture from his father on the importance of doing every job right.

Indexer Notes

On inside front cover in black and white.


Tommy Tomorrow -- Wanted for Treason (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arnold Drake
Pencils:
Lee Elias (signed)
Inks:
Lee Elias (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Stan Starkman

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Tommy Tomorrow; Lon Vurian; Commander Hega; General Vurian; General Nordyke; Nkolo
Synopsis:
Tommy agrees to go undercover for the Planeteers, which means he must be convicted as a traitor and escape from prison.

Indexer Notes

Chapter 1


["So these are Earthlings?"] (Table of Contents)

On the Planet Og / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction; humor

Now! In Their Own Spectacular Book! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ross Andru
Inks:
Mike Esposito
Colors:
?
Letters:
Gaspar Saladino (ad copy); Ira Schnapp (cover reproduction)

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

Indexer Notes

house ad for Metal Men (DC, 1963 series) #1


The Fantastic Dr. Klik (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arnold Drake
Pencils:
Lee Elias
Inks:
Lee Elias
Colors:
?
Letters:
Stan Starkman

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Tommy Tomorrow; Dr. Klik; Lon Vurian; General Nordyke
Synopsis:
Tommy gains the trust of the evil scientist Dr. Klik by going on a dangerous mission to a sub-atomic world. When he returns to Planeteer headquarters to turn over the doctor's plans, he is arrested, and finds that the only person who knows he is working undercover is now in a coma.

Indexer Notes

Chapter 2


Eye in the Sky (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Miller ?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fact

The Man Who Would Destroy Mars (Table of Contents)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Arnold Drake
Pencils:
Lee Elias
Inks:
Lee Elias
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Tommy Tomorrow; Dr. Klik; Lon Vurian
Synopsis:
Tommy escapes from the Planeteers again and returns to foil Dr. Klik's plans so that he can be exonerated.

Indexer Notes

Chapter 3


["When a star which is barely visible to the naked eye..."] (Table of Contents)

Mysteries in Space! / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Julius Schwartz ?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Reprints:
  • from ?

Statement Required By the Act of August 24, 1912 (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
J. S. Liebowitz (business manager)
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1962
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months; 220,000
Owners: National Periodical Publications, Inc., Harry Donenfeld, Irwin Donenfeld, Sonia Iger, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, S.U. Sampliner, Harry Donenfeld Foundation, Inc., all at 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Countdown on Excellence
  2. 2. Tommy Tomorrow -- Wanted for Treason
    Tommy Tomorrow
  3. 3. ["So these are Earthlings?"]
    On the Planet Og
  4. 4. Now! In Their Own Spectacular Book!
    Metal Men
  5. 5. The Fantastic Dr. Klik
    Tommy Tomorrow
  6. 6. Eye in the Sky
  7. 7. The Man Who Would Destroy Mars
    Tommy Tomorrow
  8. 8. ["When a star which is barely visible to the naked eye..."]
    Mysteries in Space!
  9. 9. Statement Required By the Act of August 24, 1912
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