(April 1965)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1965-02-25
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 ad in Superboy #120 and copyright registration.

Clark Kent in the Big House! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Clark Kent [Superman]; Warden Bancroft
Reprints
Keywords
escape tunnels; prisons; x-ray vision

Treasure Chest of Fun (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Clark Kent in the Big House! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Perry White; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Larceny "Luke" Damon; Warden Bancroft; Governor Benton; "Blacky" Blake; "Big Monk" Flint
Synopsis
Clark Kent agrees to go undercover in prison to discover the secret location of an inmate's stolen money.
Reprints
Keywords
prison

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

G.I. Joe / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Script
Mort Weisinger
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Lou Liebovich, Arthur L. Axelbank, Michael Liben, Dave Lucas, Larry Fox, and Barbara Perrin.

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

Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Adventure Comics; World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Hamid the Hypnotist / 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
Now - Sleep!
Genre
humor
Characters
Hamid
Reprints

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

L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Kryptonian Killer! (Table of Contents: 8)

Supergirl / comic story / 12.67 pages (report information)

Script
Leo Dorfman
Pencils
Jim Mooney
Inks
Jim Mooney
Colors
?
Letters
David Huffine ?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Supergirl; Sisterhood of Evil [Queen Ravenne; Lucrezia Borgia; Mata Hari; Lady Macbeth; Ran-Kor]; Comet the Super-Horse; Beppo; Krypto; Streaky the Super-Cat; Py-Ron [Evil-Man] (introduction, temporarily released from the Phantom Zone); Superman; Circe; Lex Luthor (image); Brainiac (image)
Synopsis
On the planet Feminax, the Sisterhood of Evil hypnotizes Supergirl and forces her to commit evil deeds, culminating in the poisoning of Superman, but fortunately Comet is able to intervene and reverse the effects with the help of Circe.
Reprints
Keywords
Fortress of Solitude; Green Kryptonite; Phantom Zone

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

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

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

Space Explorers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Are You a Silent Witness? (Table of Contents: 12)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
advocacy
Synopsis
Kids learn that it pays to stick around and help the cops as a witness to a crime.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

10 Issues of Superman for Only $1.00 (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

100 Magnets (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

100 Magnets / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

104 Cars / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

American Body Building Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Clark Kent in the Big House!
    Superman
  2. 1. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  3. 2. Clark Kent in the Big House!
    Superman
  4. 3. ["G.I. Joe... G.I. Joe... fighting man from head to toe..."]
    G.I. Joe
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  6. 5. ["Coming... super-attractions!"]
    Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen; Adventure Comics; World's Finest Comics
  7. 6. ["Now - Sleep!"]
    Hamid the Hypnotist
  8. 7. ["Lucky Charms new toasted oat cereal..."]
    L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms
  9. 8. The Kryptonian Killer!
    Supergirl
  10. 9. ["If you missed the most famous Flash story ever printed..."]
    The Flash
  11. 10. ["3 dimensional live action!"]
    Space Explorers
  12. 11. ["When it's snowy, cold or muddy--"]
    Silly Putty
  13. 12. Are You a Silent Witness?
  14. 13. 10 Issues of Superman for Only $1.00
  15. 14. 100 Magnets
    100 Magnets
  16. 15. ["104 classic racing foreign modern cars only $1.49 postpaid"]
    104 Cars
  17. 16. ["Friend, dare you risk a dime 10¢?"]
    American Body Building Club
  18. 17. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American Seeds"]
    American Seeds
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  • Dwayne Best
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  • John Censullo
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  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore