(September-October 1964)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1964-07-16
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

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Killer Horse-- Killer Ship! (Table of Contents)

Johnny Cloud / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Johnny Cloud
Keywords
horse; plane; World War II

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

Fighting Ships / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Killer Horse-- Killer Ship! [Part One] (Table of Contents: 2)

Johnny Cloud / comic story / 6.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Johnny Cloud
Synopsis
Johnny Cloud is assigned to a squadron that believes it is jinxed by a "killer" plane of its own.

Indexer Notes

World War II; aerial dogfight; Germans; P-51; superstition

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

See the Many Exciting Roles of Jimmy Olsen (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

80 Page Giant / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Killer Horse-- Killer Ship! Part Two (Table of Contents: 7)

Johnny Cloud / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Johnny Cloud
Synopsis
Johnny Cloud reflects on his youth when he tried to capture a white stallion and failed. The mascot of the killer plane is also a white stallion. His plane crashes into a field of horses. Cloud tames a white stallion to break the jinx and then brings down a German plane, using a pistol (!).
Keywords
aerial dogfight; horses; P-51; stallion; superstition; World War II

[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) (Expand) /

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

Special $1 Subscription Form (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Come to the World's Fair! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Walter's International Wax Museum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Tunnel Dogfight! (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Hank Chapman
Pencils
Jack Abel
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Lt. Gilbert; Eric von Roon
Synopsis
An American and German start a feud at Heidelburg before World War I and continue it in the skies during the war.
Keywords
Allied; bi-planes; blimp; duels; Fokker; Germans; Heidelburg; parachutes; railroad tunnel; Spad; World War I; zeppelin

[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) /

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

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

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

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

American Military Ornaments / illustration / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Morris Waldinger
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Cockade Eagle depicted below...
Genre
non-fiction; military
Synopsis
Description of Cockade Eagle buttons used on Army staff officers clothing in 1814-1821 and eagle diamond plates worn by men of the artillery in the 1820s-1830s.
Keywords
1800s; Army; artillery

Remember- Nothing Else Is Silly Putty (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Killer Horse-- Killer Ship!
    Johnny Cloud
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Fighting Ships
  3. 2. Killer Horse-- Killer Ship! [Part One]
    Johnny Cloud
  4. 3. ["Tootsie Rolls go on and on..."]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. Fight Global Air Battles with Planes of All Nations
    116 Planes of All Nations
  6. 5. See the Many Exciting Roles of Jimmy Olsen
    80 Page Giant
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Zenith Stamps
  8. 7. Killer Horse-- Killer Ship! Part Two
    Johnny Cloud
  9. 8. ["What makes a Tootsie Pop so special?"]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  10. 9. ["Boys and girls! Be my guest at the following amusement parks..."]
    Amusement Park Admissions; Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  11. 10. Special $1 Subscription Form
    DC Comics
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Task Force
  13. 12. Come to the World's Fair!
    Walter's International Wax Museum
  14. 13. Tunnel Dogfight!
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  18. 17. ["The Cockade Eagle depicted below..."]
    American Military Ornaments
  19. 18. Remember- Nothing Else Is Silly Putty
    Silly Putty
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    104 Kings' Knights
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore