(October-November 1963)
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1963-08-22
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Robert Kanigher (editor)
Issue Notes
Return of the Dinosaur Killer!
The War That Time Forgot / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction; war
- Characters
- "Skipper" Allan; "Professor"; son of the Great White Ape
- Reprints
-
in Showcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007) - in Suicide Squad: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([September] 2016)
- in Suicide Squad: The Silver Age (DC, 2018 series) ([March] 2018)
-
Play It Safe!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Return of the Dinosaur Killer!
The War That Time Forgot / comic story / 14.33 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Ross Andru (signed as Andru)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (signed as Esposito)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! The Great Ape is protecting us -- from the birds!
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction; war
- Characters
- "Skipper" Allan (resembles Robert Kanigher with scar); "Professor" (resembles Julius Schwartz); son of the Great White Ape (intro); the Great White Ape (dead)
- Synopsis
- Skipper and Professor are plane-spotting and thinking of the Great White Ape that saved their lives on Dinosaur Island (last issue). Escaping Japanese forces, their glider is hooked aloft, drifts through fog, and lands back on Dinosaur Island. They fight dinosaurs, see the Ape dead on the river bottom, but are rescued by his son! The Ape fights off dinosaurs and launches their glider aloft to be rescued. They sleep - and dream "of a strange Great White Ape who like humans instead of dinosaurs!"
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: The War That Time Forgot (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([July] 2007)
- in Suicide Squad: The Silver Age Omnibus (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([September] 2016)
- in Suicide Squad: The Silver Age (DC, 2018 series) ([March] 2018)
-
- Keywords
- Dinosaurs; gliders; Great Ape
Indexer Notes
DC considers this story and the main story in the previous issue as pseudo-Suicide Squad stories, as witness their inclusion is DC's collection of Silver Age Suicide Squad stories. But these stories do not resemble the contemporary Suicide Squad which previously appeared in The Brave and the Bold or the World War II-set Suicide Squad starting in this series beginning with #116. The PT boat squadron in this issue is referred to as a "suicide squadron" in the title only of issue #110. When the same characters return in this issue, there is no mention of this phrase at all. More importantly, no group with that name appears in issue #110 or #111.
The PT boat captain is called "Skipper" throughout the two stories (referred to as "Allan" once in #110) and the other character is always called "Professor."
Story in two parts of 5.67 pages and 8.67 pages.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
On the bottom of page 6 of the previous story sequence.
The Flashiest News of the Year...
Flash Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page
Indexer Notes
Promo for Giant Flash Annual #1, with cover depicted. "On sale everywhere August 15th."
On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission / advertisement / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This coupon entitles you to free admission...
- Characters
- Superman
Indexer Notes
Ad for Palisades Amusement Park, N.J. with free coupons for admission and two rides.
On the page immediately following page 6 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines...
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 7 of the previous story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Pop
Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations
116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 0.5 page
[no title indexed]
Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ? [as Sgt. Rock]
- Pencils
- Joe Kubert
- Inks
- Joe Kubert
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from Roy Hoyt (Denver, Colo.), David Zwaaf (Queens, N.Y.), John E. Royce, (Philadelphia, Pa.), Charles Watterson (Miami, Fla.), and Amedeo Morelli (Syracuse, N.Y.).
The Brainwashed Jet!
comic story / 9.67 pages
- Genre
- war
- Characters
- Major Ben Wade; Billy Wade; North Korean Colonel Kim; pilots
- Synopsis
- Korean War... Major Ben Wade is a hotshot pilot tasked with destroying a dam in a ravine. NK Colonel Kim plots... Wade is shot down, captured, and brainwashed as a puppet to destroy his own squad. Flying, he fights the brainwashing amidst a G-pull "grayout". He shoots down his own brother and lies to command. But days later he leads the attack and destroys the dam. Still, he killed his own brother. Not so, that ploy was fixed to fool the enemy. Billy is alive: a shock to snap him out of it. But the "grayout" had already washed out the brainwashing.
Indexer Notes
Korean War; brainwashing; dambusting; Sabre jets
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] / advertisement / 0.33 page
- Feature Logo
- Tootsie Roll Fudge
[no title indexed]
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
-
0.
Return of the Dinosaur Killer!
The War That Time Forgot -
1.
Play It Safe!
-
2.
Return of the Dinosaur Killer!
The War That Time Forgot -
3.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie Roll -
4.
The Flashiest News of the Year...
Flash Annual -
5.
["This coupon entitles you to free admission..."]
Palisades Amusement Park Admission -
6.
["Get these favorite, exciting and entertaining comics magazines..."]
-
7.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
8.
Capture of an Enemy Airstrip!
-
9.
Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations
116 Planes of All Nations -
10.
[no title indexed]
Zenith Stamps -
11.
[no title indexed]
Sgt. Rock's Combat Corner -
12.
The Brainwashed Jet!
-
13.
[no title indexed]
Tootsie [all other candies] -
14.
[no title indexed]
Blast Off -
15.
[no title indexed]
Task Force -
16.
[no title indexed]
100 Toy Soldiers -
17.
[no title indexed]
104 Kings' Knights -
18.
[no title indexed]
Wallace Brown Greeting Cards -
19.
[no title indexed]
Revolutionary War Soldiers
- Bob Bailey
- Chris Boyko
- Nick Caputo
- John Censullo
- Clayton Emery
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Van Dore
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