(December 1964)

DC, 1960 Series
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Price:
0.12 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly, with the exception of Feb., May, Aug. and Nov.
Indicia Publisher:
National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Julius Schwartz
Format:
Color; Standard Silver Age US; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; Was ongoing series

Issue Notes

Additional indexing info from Donald Dale Milne on 10 August 2004.


Wizard of the Light-Wave Weapons! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gil Kane
Inks:
Murphy Anderson
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Dr. Light [Arthur Light]
Reprints:

Children of Tomorrow! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Bernard Baily
Inks:
Bernard Baily
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Synopsis:
Article relates how sub-standard conditions affect children in the world and quotes the "UN Declaration Of The Rights Of A Child."

Indexer Notes

Printed in black-and-white on inside front cover. Credits from a list by Lionel English. Other information on this sequence provided by Donald Dale Milne on 10 August 2004.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated December 1960.


Wizard of the Light-Wave Weapons! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 11.33 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Gil Kane
Inks:
Sid Greene
Colors:
?
Letters:
Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Dr. Light [Arthur Light] (villain)
Synopsis:
Dr. Light attacks Green Lantern with the goal of defeating each member of the Justice League separately, but instead is defeated by Green Lantern.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Story references Atom #8, Justice League of America #12 (earlier appearances of Dr. Light). Title correction (was Wizard of the Light Ray Weapons), character appearances, synopsis, and notes from Donald Dale Milne on 10 August 2004.


25 Years of Batman (Table of Contents)

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Win Mortimer ?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for 80 Page Giant (DC, 1964 series) #5, on sale October 29


["Weather... Climate..."] (Table of Contents)

What's the Difference Between -- / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Julius Schwartz
Pencils:
Morris Waldinger ?
Inks:
Tommy Nicolosi ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Milt Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Synopsis:
Science facts defining the difference between weather and climate.

Indexer Notes

Information on this sequence from Donald Dale Milne on 10 August 2004.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern's Mail Chute / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Danny Ward; Donald Ensign; Jerry Floyd; Kenneth S. Gallagher


The Disarming of Green Lantern! (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Gil Kane
Inks:
Sid Greene
Colors:
?
Letters:
Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Pieface [Tom Kalmaku]; Barks Ownley (villain); around 10 men working for Barks Ownley (villains)
Synopsis:
In a hospital room, Barks Ownley overhears Tom Kalmaku talking of Green Lantern's power battery in his sleep and devises a scheme to steal the battery. He is defeated by Green Lantern because Tom warns him and they create a plan to fool the thieves.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Zero Hour story (referring to the point in time where Green Lantern's ring runs out of power). Title punctuation correction, character appearances, synopsis, and notes from Donald Dale Milne on 10 August 2004.


Metamorpho the Element Man (Table of Contents)

Metamorpho / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ramona Fradon
Inks:
Charles Paris
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #57 [first Metamorpho], on sale October 29


["The skin is the largest organ of the human body..."] (Table of Contents)

It's Hard to Believe But - / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Julius Schwartz
Pencils:
Morris Waldinger ?
Inks:
Tommy Nicolosi ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Milt Snapinn

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Synopsis:
Science facts about the skin, meteoroids, lightning, orchids.

Indexer Notes

Information on this sequence from Donald Dale Milne on 10 August 2004.


[Whose Face Does the Enemy See in His Smoking Sights?] (Table of Contents)

G. I. Joe / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Joe Kubert
Inks:
Joe Kubert
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
war

Indexer Notes

house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #54


It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's the New Superman Hobby Kit (Table of Contents)

Superman; Aurora / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Curt Swan (illustrations)
Inks:
Murphy Anderson (illustrations)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Indexer Notes

back cover; advertisement for the Superman model kit from Aurora Plastics Corporation


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Children of Tomorrow!
  2. 2. Wizard of the Light-Wave Weapons!
    Green Lantern
  3. 3. 25 Years of Batman
    Batman
  4. 4. ["Weather... Climate..."]
    What's the Difference Between --
  5. 5. [no title indexed]
    Green Lantern's Mail Chute
  6. 6. The Disarming of Green Lantern!
    Green Lantern
  7. 7. Metamorpho the Element Man
    Metamorpho
  8. 8. ["The skin is the largest organ of the human body..."]
    It's Hard to Believe But -
  9. 9. [Whose Face Does the Enemy See in His Smoking Sights?]
    G. I. Joe
  10. 10. It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's the New Superman Hobby Kit
    Superman; Aurora
This issue was most recently modified by:
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
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  • Donald Dale Milne
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