(September 1963)

DC, 1955 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Jan., April, July and Oct.
On-sale Date
1963-07-18
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 (credited)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Doom Patrol / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bruno Premiani
Inks
Bruno Premiani
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol [Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Three Against the Earth! Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake
Pencils
Bruno Premiani
Inks
Bruno Premiani
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; Roy Jamison (villain); Tim Logan (villain); Danowic (jewelist); Enrico Fermi (flashback)
Synopsis
When a secret organization plants a camera and tape recorder on Rita the Chief's photograph is published for the first time but he has still cunningly managed to keep his past a secret.
Reprints

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!" (Table of Contents: 4)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Binky Biggs
Synopsis
Binky's friend misses out on lots of summer fun by finding excuses not to do anything.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated August 1953 and October 1956.

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

Missile Attack / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

104 Cars / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Chapter 2: The Conspiracy of the Green-Headed League (Table of Contents: 7)

Doom Patrol / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake
Pencils
Bruno Premiani
Inks
Bruno Premiani
Colors
?
Letters
Stan Starkman

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doom Patrol [The Chief [Niles Caulder]; Negative Man [Larry Trainor]; Elasti-Girl [Rita Farr]; Robotman [Cliff Steele]]; The Green-Headed League [Monsieur Duvoir (villain); Senator Durham (villain); Doctor Savantini (villain)]
Synopsis
The secret organization turns out to be aliens doing advance work for an invasion but the Doom Patrol convinces them that Earth cannot be conquered.
Reprints

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

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

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

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

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

Synopsis
includes biography of Alex Toth
Keywords
biography

Indexer Notes

letters from: Ricky Katz, Kenneth C. Jacobs, Robert Hull, Ben Bushman

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

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

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

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Hot Cargo to Nowhere (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

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

Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Captain Bradford's experimental hydrofoil freighter is taken over by a strange amorphous creature.

[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) /

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

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

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

Blast Off / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Doom Patrol
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Magic Art Reproducer
  3. 2. Three Against the Earth! Chapter 1
    Doom Patrol
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. Binky Shows "How to Spend a Summer Week!"
    Binky
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Missile Attack
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    104 Cars
  8. 7. Chapter 2: The Conspiracy of the Green-Headed League
    Doom Patrol
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    The Adventurers’ Club
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Zenith Stamps
  13. 12. Hot Cargo to Nowhere
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  15. 14. ["Hi! Boys and girls, here is your big chance..."]
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    104 Kings' Knights
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Blast Off
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • John Brichetto
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Steve Jenner
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore