(September 1963)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1963-07-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Julius Schwartz (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Man with the Head of Saturn! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Murphy Anderson
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

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

Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Man with the Head of Saturn! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Sid Greene
Inks
Sid Greene
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
A strange globe of Saturn that suddenly appears over the head of scientist Bill Smathers teleports him and some of his colleagues to Saturn itself to help fight an interplanetary war.

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Star Names! / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Although a small constellation was dubbed Leo Minor...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science

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

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

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

Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Spotlight on Strange Adventures / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
? (logo illustration)
Inks
? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Gregory Suriano; Tom Danchy; Guy Lillian III; Stephen Miller

Threat of the Witch-Woman (Table of Contents: 8)

The Atomic Knights / comic story / 15.33 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Murphy Anderson
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Atomic Knights [Gardner Grayle; Marene Herald; Douglas Herald; Hollis Hobard; Wayne Hobard; Bryndon Smith]; Henrietta Dromer; Fred Dromer
Synopsis
The Knights encounter a woman with a unique form of radiation sickness that causes her hallucinations to materialize in the real world.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts: unnumbered part 1 (9.67 pages) and Part 2 (5.67 pages).

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

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

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

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

Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

102 Ships of All Nations / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[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) /

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

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

150 Civil War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Man with the Head of Saturn!
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Made Simple Self-Teaching Encyclopedia
  3. 2. The Man with the Head of Saturn!
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. ["Although a small constellation was dubbed Leo Minor..."]
    Star Names!
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Task Force
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Spotlight on Strange Adventures
  9. 8. Threat of the Witch-Woman
    The Atomic Knights
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  11. 10. ["Hi! Boys and girls, here is your big chance..."]
  12. 11. Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations
    116 Planes of All Nations
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    102 Ships of All Nations
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    104 Kings' Knights
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    150 Civil War Soldiers
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    American Body Building Club
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore