(June 1963)

Western, 1962 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1963-03-07
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
K. K. Publications Inc.
Brand
Gold Key
Editing
Bill Harris (editor)

Issue Notes

Cover code: 10000-306.

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 B39562.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Doctor Solar / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Wilson (painting)
Inks
George Wilson (painting)
Colors
George Wilson (painting)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A life-giving room becomes a death trap for Solar!
Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Doctor Solar
Synopsis
Solar is menaced by a de-radiation device.
Reprints
Keywords
Death trap; radiation

The History of Flight, Number 13: Jet Streams Around the World (Table of Contents: 1)

Keys of Knowledge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

Indexer Notes

On the inside front cover.

The Deadly Sea (Table of Contents: 2)

Doctor Solar / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Doctor Solar; Dr Clarkson; seamen
Synopsis
Nuro installs an underwater gold accumulator that poisons its vicinity with radiation. Solar draws all the radiation into himself.
Reprints
Keywords
Coast Guard; commercial fishing; ocean; radiation; sea; transmutation

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

Solar's Science Forum / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (header)
Inks
? (header)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Jenny Arn, Randy Jones, Dan Bennett, and Mary Sauser.

The New Atlantis (Table of Contents: 4)

Professor Harbinger / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Mel Crawford
Inks
Mel Crawford
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

The Treacherous Trap (Table of Contents: 5)

Doctor Solar / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Doctor Solar; Dr. Clarkson; Dr. Gail Sanders; Professor Thor Neilson
Synopsis
Already annoyed by Solar's distant behavior, Gail is attracted to visiting Professor Neilson, who is experimenting with a de-radiation device. Solar is trapped in the chamber, threatening his life, but Clarkson intervenes and saves him with radioactive isotopes.
Reprints
Keywords
Death trap; radiation

The History of Flight, Number 14: Fireworks in Space (Table of Contents: 6)

Keys of Knowledge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

Indexer Notes

On the inside back cover.

Solar Pin-Up No. 4 (Table of Contents: 7)

Doctor Solar / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Wilson (painting)
Inks
George Wilson (painting)
Colors
George Wilson (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero; science fiction

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Same image as front cover, minus trade dress, etc.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["A life-giving room becomes a death trap for Solar!"]
    Doctor Solar
  2. 1. The History of Flight, Number 13: Jet Streams Around the World
    Keys of Knowledge
  3. 2. The Deadly Sea
    Doctor Solar
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Solar's Science Forum
  5. 4. The New Atlantis
    Professor Harbinger
  6. 5. The Treacherous Trap
    Doctor Solar
  7. 6. The History of Flight, Number 14: Fireworks in Space
    Keys of Knowledge
  8. 7. Solar Pin-Up No. 4
    Doctor Solar
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • CTGarry
  • Bob Hughes
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Vik-Thor Rose
  • Jonathan Sari
  • Jim Van Dore