(October 1964)

DC, 1950 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
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Jack Schiff (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Secret of Robot X-1! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Chuck Cuidera
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Good work, X-1!
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
C'mom, Bob--don't be chicken... take a but.. you'll feel cool!
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

The inside front cover PSA is produced in sequential-arts comics format in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

The Prisoners of the Hour Glass (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Try to keep your footing, Tony!
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Two shipwrecked fishermen find themselves on an island where a strange old man claims to have discovered the secret of immortality.
Reprints

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

Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

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

Moolah the Mystic / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I will now walk on these hot coals!
Genre
humor
Characters
Moolah the Mystic
Reprints

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

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Criminal Who Couldn't Do Evil! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Sparling
Inks
Jack Sparling
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can't get any traction...
Genre
crime; fantasy-supernatural
Synopsis
Small-time crook Eddie Kearns steals a magic ring that gives him super-strength, but every time he tries to pull off a robbery, he ends up saving people from disaster.
Reprints

[Tootsie Roll Pop] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

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

100 Magnets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Zenith Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Strange but True / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Miller ?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the late 1800s, an Oklahoma farmer buried a large quantity of gold...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

The Flash / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

The Secret of Robot X-1! (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
Inks
Mort Meskin (signed as Meskin)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The robot detective... he's trying to kill me--not recapture me!
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
Scientist Charles Grayson secretly attempts to improve upon a newly-deployed robot policeman but his lab assistant uses the new robot to frame Grayson for theft.
Reprints

[Tootsie Roll Fudge] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Tootsie [all other candies] / comics-form advertising / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

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

Revolutionary War Soldiers / 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) /

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

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Secret of Robot X-1!
  2. 1. Smoking Is for Squares!
  3. 2. The Prisoners of the Hour Glass
  4. 3. ["Tootsie Rolls go on and on after other candy is gone!"]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. ["Be first in your neighborhood..."]
  6. 5. ["I will now walk on these hot coals!"]
    Moolah the Mystic
  7. 6. ["I take up comics-in full color!"]
    Silly Putty
  8. 7. ["My secret new Dynaflex method"]
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  9. 8. The Criminal Who Couldn't Do Evil!
  10. 9. [Tootsie Roll Pop]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    100 Magnets
  12. 11. ["207 stamps yours only for 25¢ plus 88 flags of the world..."]
    Zenith Stamps
  13. 12. ["In the late 1800s, an Oklahoma farmer buried a large quantity of gold..."]
    Strange but True
  14. 13. ["Stop! Treacherous traps!"]
    The Flash
  15. 14. ["Boys and girls!"]
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission
  16. 15. The Secret of Robot X-1!
  17. 16. [Tootsie Roll Fudge]
    Tootsie [all other candies]
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    104 Kings' Knights
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Revolutionary War Soldiers
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Wallace Brown Greeting Cards
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    100 Toy Soldiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore