(October 1964)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1964-08-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Mort Weisinger (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Rainbow Faces of Superman! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Lois Lane; Lana Lang
Reprints
Keywords
green kryptonite

Smoking Is for Squares! (Table of Contents: 1)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy
Synopsis
Paulette Breen (winner of the Palisades Amusement Park's Miss American Teenager contest) tells Bob and his friends that girls don't like guys who smoke.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

Superman's Rainbow Face! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 10.67 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Al Plastino
Inks
Al Plastino
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Nor-Kan (death); Jimmy Olsen (as a trophy)
Synopsis
Red Kryptonite causes Superman's emotions to be reflected in the color of his face, which means that Clark must hide the changes from Lois.
Reprints
Keywords
Fortress of Solitude; Kandor; Red Kryptonite

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

L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Tricksy / 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
Tricksy will pull this car for one whole block...
Genre
humor
Characters
Tricksy

Indexer Notes

On the page immediately preceding page 7 of "Superman's Rainbow Face!"

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

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

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Mort Weisinger
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by John Poskonka, Michele Valente, David Hamilton, John Deckert, Lynn Miller, Michael Settle, and Philip Duffy.

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

Supermen of America / in-house column / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

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

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A radio playing at this time of night...
Genre
humor
Characters
Casey
Reprints

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

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Great Supergirl Double-Cross! (Table of Contents: 13)

Supergirl / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script
Leo Dorfman
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Jim Mooney
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
superhero
Characters
Supergirl [Kara Zor-El; also appears as Linda Danvers]; Lena Thorul; Lex Luthor (villain); Fred Danvers; Edna Danvers; Jeff Colby; Dick Malverne
Synopsis
When Supergirl mistakes Lena Thorul's new boyfriend for an enemy agent she breaks up their romance. Upon finding out that she was mistaken, she has to get them back together.
Reprints
Keywords
FBI; weddings

Indexer Notes

In this story, Lena Thorul weds Jeff Colby, an FBI agent who once arrested Lex Luthor.

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

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

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

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

100 Magnets (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

100 Magnets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Worth Rounding Up... (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Trix; Trix Rabbit / comics-form advertising / 0.67 page (report information)

The Story of Lena Thorul (Table of Contents: 18)

text article / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero

104 Fighting Kings' Knights (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

204 pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers Set (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

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

100 pc Toy Soldier Set $1.25 (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Rainbow Faces of Superman!
    Superman
  2. 1. Smoking Is for Squares!
  3. 2. Superman's Rainbow Face!
    Superman
  4. 3. ["'Tis luck to catch a leprechaun!"]
    L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms
  5. 4. ["Tricksy will pull this car for one whole block..."]
    Tricksy
  6. 5. ["Tootsie Rolls go on and on..."]
    Tootsie Roll
  7. 6. ["What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?"]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  9. 8. ["UWRGTOCP DGEQOGU..."]
    Supermen of America
  10. 9. ["Be first in your neighborhood to read each issue..."]
  11. 10. ["A radio playing at this time of night..."]
    Casey the Cop
  12. 11. ["Nothing else is Silly Putty!"]
    Silly Putty
  13. 12. ["Are Cheerioes your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?"]
    Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle
  14. 13. The Great Supergirl Double-Cross!
    Supergirl
  15. 14. ["I like chocolate fudge best!"]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  16. 15. ["Boys and girls!"]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  17. 16. 100 Magnets
    100 Magnets
  18. 17. Worth Rounding Up...
    Trix; Trix Rabbit
  19. 18. The Story of Lena Thorul
  20. 19. 104 Fighting Kings' Knights
    104 Kings' Knights
  21. 20. 204 pc. Revolutionary War Soldiers Set
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  22. 21. ["Boys, girls, men, women..."]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  23. 22. 100 pc Toy Soldier Set $1.25
    100 Toy Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore