(June-July 1966)
DC,
1956 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1966-04-19
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Jack Schiff (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Secret of Chameleo-Man
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- An astronaut fights monsters in an arena by changing into different monsters.
- Reprints
-
in Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 series) #17 ([September 1966])
-
A Super-Scoop!
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #187 [80 Page Giant #G-23], on sale April 14
Superman for 3 Seconds; Fatal Flight from a Nightmare; Saved by a Lightning Bolt
True Tales of the Unexpected / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
[no title indexed]
Cap's Hobby Center / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- 6351
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pick out any model you want, son!
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents / in-house column / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
listing of DC comics on sale in late April 1966
Your Free Trip Around the World!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- After telling the boys some tales, the captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.
Indexer Notes
Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Previously appeared in DC comics cover-dated December 1963.
The Blackout Beast!
comic story / 7.67 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Museum curator Jeff Wallace defeats a mythological beast that comes to life during a blackout.
- Reprints
- in Mighty Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #57 ([Circa 1966-1968])
-
in Kamandi (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #4 (2ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
-
Scooter? Who He?
Swing with Scooter / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
Indexer Notes
house ad for Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 series) #1, on sale April 7
I Was a Prisoner of Death
A Green Glob Adventure / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- Victor Webster has been searching for the secret of immortality, and thanks to the Green Glob, he discovers it. However, he also finds that Death is following close behind him, determined to kill many people around him since it can't claim him.
Batman and Detective Comics Started Something New
Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
- Genre
- superhero
Indexer Notes
House ad promoting two-page centerfold pin-ups to be appearing in several DC comics, which began with Batman #181 and Detective Comics #352 (both June 1966).
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
I Was a Prisoner of Death!
A Green Glob Adventure -
1.
The Secret of Chameleo-Man
-
2.
A Super-Scoop!
Superman -
3.
Superman for 3 Seconds; Fatal Flight from a Nightmare; Saved by a Lightning Bolt
True Tales of the Unexpected -
4.
["Pick out any model you want, son!"]
Cap's Hobby Center -
5.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
6.
Your Free Trip Around the World!
-
7.
The Blackout Beast!
-
8.
Scooter? Who He?
Swing with Scooter -
9.
I Was a Prisoner of Death
A Green Glob Adventure -
10.
Batman and Detective Comics Started Something New
Batman and Robin
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- Chris Boyko
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Paul Lefebvre
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- Jim Van Dore
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