(July 1965)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1965-05-27
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.; Spartan Printing Company
Editing
Mort Weisinger (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Copyright © 1965 by National Periodical Publications, Inc.

Published monthly by National Periodical Publications, Inc., 2nd and Dickey Streets, Sparta, Ill. (the address of Spartan Printing Company, the printer, and a subsidiary of World Color Press). Editorial, executive offices and subscriptions, 575 Lexington Avenue, New York 22, N.Y.

The Unknown Legionnaire! (Table of Contents)

Legion of Super-Heroes / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Mon-El; Supergirl; Light Lass; Superboy; Brainiac 5]
Reprints

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

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

Part I: The Unknown Legionnaire (Table of Contents: 2)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Vivian Berg

Feature Logo
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Brainiac 5; Saturn Girl; Sun Boy; Supergirl [also as Unknown Boy]; Cosmic Boy; Chameleon Boy; Phantom Girl]; Norm Eldor
Synopsis
Superboy recalls a case when the Legionnaires were helped by a hero called Unknown Boy.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Indicia at bottom of page one.

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

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

The Strange Worlds of Batman and Robin (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

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

Silly Putty / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Part II: The Secret of Unknown Boy! (Table of Contents: 6)

Legion of Super-Heroes / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
John Forte
Inks
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Feature Logo
Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre
superhero
Characters
Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Phantom Girl; Cosmic Boy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Brainiac 5; Supergirl [also as Unknown Boy]; Mon-El]; Norm Eldor
Synopsis
After Unknown Boy helps the Legion finish a case, Superboy figures out that under the costume is Supergirl. Supergirl then recalls going through a red kryptonite cloud and losing her memory but knowing she had to protect her secret identity, and so creating the Unknown Boy costume.
Reprints

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

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

We Will Give You $5 for Any 1955 Half Dollar (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Big State Coins / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

One-Man Baseball Team (Table of Contents: 9)

Superboy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
John Giunta ? (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Feature Logo
Superboy
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inker credit by Bob Hughes.

How to Beat Your Dad at Racing! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

AMT Models / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Be My Guest at World's Famous Amusement Park (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

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

40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

The Legion Outpost / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Roberta Lortez, Jim Safran, Rich Walls, David Pawlishak, and V.P. Hennings.

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

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

10 Issues of Adventure for Only $1.00 (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

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

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

America's Most Exciting War Game (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Unknown Legionnaire!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  2. 1. Treasure Chest of Fun
    Honor House Products
  3. 2. Part I: The Unknown Legionnaire
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  4. 3. ["Join the fun with G. I. Joe!"]
    G.I. Joe
  5. 4. The Strange Worlds of Batman and Robin
    Batman
  6. 5. ["Make Silly Putty stretch pictures!"]
    Silly Putty
  7. 6. Part II: The Secret of Unknown Boy!
    Legion of Super-Heroes
  8. 7. ["Are Cheerios your favorite cereal, Bullwinkle?"]
    Cheerios; Rocky & Bullwinkle
  9. 8. We Will Give You $5 for Any 1955 Half Dollar
    Big State Coins
  10. 9. One-Man Baseball Team
    Superboy
  11. 10. How to Beat Your Dad at Racing!
    AMT Models
  12. 11. Be My Guest at World's Famous Amusement Park
    Palisades Amusement Park Admission; Superman
  13. 12. ["40 Army-Navy-Marine all authentic medals & insignias"]
    40 Army-Navy-Marine Medals & Insignias
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    The Legion Outpost
  15. 14. ["Lucky Charms new toasted oats cereal with marshmallow bits in lucky shapes!"]
    L.C. Leprechaun; Lucky Charms
  16. 15. 10 Issues of Adventure for Only $1.00
    Batman; Superboy
  17. 16. ["Friend, do you dare risk a dime?"]
    American Body Building Club
  18. 17. America's Most Exciting War Game
    Task Force
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Kirk House
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore