(June 1963)

DC, 1941 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Monthly, with the exception of January, April, July and October
On-sale Date
1963-04-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Jack Schiff (editor)

Issue Notes

Due to cut in story pages, now only two features per issue, so Green Arrow and Aquaman begin alternating.

On-sale date from ad in Blackhawk #185 and copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman and Batman and Robin / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Band of Super-Villains
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Bob Klein, Gene Reed, Mike Tiefenbacher, and Bob Hughes. Craig Delich and Pat Lang credit Jim Mooney as the artist. Letters credit from Todd Klein via his Klein Letters blog (18 September 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-worlds-finest-comics-part-1/).

Not Wanted: High School Dropouts! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Letters
?

Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Previously in August 1962 issues.

The Band of Super-Villains (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman and Batman and Robin / comic story / 14.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Jim Mooney
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen (cameo); Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Perry White (cameo); Merman (introduction); Astro (introduction); (cameo); Ace the Bat-Hound (cameo)
Synopsis
An alien gives three criminals belts that give them super powers. These belts, unknown to the users, change the atmosphere of Earth to something suiting the alien.
Reprints

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Littleton Coins / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Ollie / comic story / 0.67 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
Whew! What a tough job shoveling the walk!
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 9 of the previous story sequence.

Try a Tongue Teaser! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Great Masterpieces (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Weird Whistlers of La Gomera (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

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

Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Swing Is to DC! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

The Mystery of the Missing Inventors! (Table of Contents: 12)

Green Arrow / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Lee Elias
Inks
Lee Elias
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Miss Arrowette [Bonnie King] (last Silver Age appearance); Speedy [Roy Harper]; Prof. Rankin; Dr. Forsythe
Synopsis
Green Arrow, Speedy and Miss Arrowette must stop a gang from stealing an anti-gravity machine and the destructive Z-Ray.
Reprints
Keywords
Arrow-Car; Arrow-Plane

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Showcase Presents Green Arrow.

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

Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Missile Attack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

147 Famous Automobiles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman and Batman and Robin
  2. 1. Not Wanted: High School Dropouts!
  3. 2. The Band of Super-Villains
    Superman and Batman and Robin
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Grit Newspaper
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Littleton Coins
  6. 5. ["Whew! What a tough job shoveling the walk!"]
    Ollie
  7. 6. Try a Tongue Teaser!
    Tootsie Roll
  8. 7. Great Masterpieces
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  9. 8. The Weird Whistlers of La Gomera
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Garcelon Stamps
  12. 11. The Swing Is to DC!
  13. 12. The Mystery of the Missing Inventors!
    Green Arrow
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Missile Attack
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    147 Famous Automobiles
  17. 16. ["Hi! Boys and girls..."]
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore