(June 1966)

DC, 1941 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of Jan., April and July
On-sale Date
1966-04-26
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 (credited) (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor, uncredited)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Invulnerable Super-Enemy! (Table of Contents)

Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]
Reprints
Keywords
Go-Go Checks

The Invulnerable Super-Enemy! Part I: The Three Bottles of Danger! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Jimmy Olsen; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Brainiac A (the first Brainiac, origin); Ron Farley
Synopsis
Jimmy Olsen and Robin discover three Kryptonian cities shrunken by Brainiac A, inhabited entirely by criminals.
Reprints
Keywords
Batcave; Kandor

Your Free Trip Around the World! (Table of Contents: 2)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
advocacy
Characters
an old sea captain; two boys
Synopsis
After telling the boys some tales, the captain takes them to the library where they can travel anywhere just by reading.

Indexer Notes

A list by Lionel English also gives the penciller and inker as "Morris Waldinger" in one of the issues this PSA appears in. Creator credits from a list by Lionel English. Synopsis and character information on the sequence from Donald Dale Milne.

This appeared in many December 1963 issues.

Part II: Brainiac and the Bottled Brigands (Table of Contents: 3)

Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
George Klein
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Brainiac (flashback); Jimmy Olsen; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Superman [Clark Kent / Kal-El]; Brainiac A
Reprints

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

Super-Turtle / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A strange aircraft!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero
Characters
Super-Turtle
Synopsis
The military mistakes Super-Turtle for enemy aircraft, and begins firing anti-aircraft shells at him. Later, Super-Turtle hangs his picture alongside the other pictures of friendly aircraft so they won't make the same mistake again.

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

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I always have trouble with the small parts on my model.
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Tip on building a frame with cutout to stand in to catch accidentally dropped small model parts.

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

Direct Currents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Magic Tablecloth (Table of Contents: 7)

Editors' Round Table; Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller
Pencils
Dan Barry
Inks
Sy Barry
Colors
?
Letters
Pat Gordon
Editing
Jack Schiff ?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Roy Raymond
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits per Jerry Bails and Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Cape and Cowl Comments / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from John Pierce, Ezra Knight, Noelle Peterson, Ed Daley, David Whiting, Charles Armentano, Sonny Burke, Virgil Harris and Brian Mosehart.

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

Little Pete / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Have a baseball, Sonny!
Genre
humor; children
Synopsis
A businessman who fixes broken windows is giving away free baseballs to young boys.
Reprints

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Irwin Donenfeld
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Publisher: National Periodical Publications
575 Lexington Ave. NY, NY 10022
Editor: Mort Weisinger
Owners:Estate of H. Donenfeld, J. Liebowitz, P. Sampliner,Irwin Donenfeld, S. Sampliner, Sonia Iger. Avg Circ 465,842

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Invulnerable Super-Enemy!
    Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  2. 1. The Invulnerable Super-Enemy! Part I: The Three Bottles of Danger!
    Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  3. 2. Your Free Trip Around the World!
  4. 3. Part II: Brainiac and the Bottled Brigands
    Superman and Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  5. 4. ["A strange aircraft!"]
    Super-Turtle
  6. 5. ["I always have trouble with the small parts on my model."]
    Cap's Hobby Hints
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
  8. 7. The Magic Tablecloth
    Editors' Round Table; Roy Raymond TV Detective
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Cape and Cowl Comments
  10. 9. ["Have a baseball, Sonny!"]
    Little Pete
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • John Censullo
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore