(July-August 1966)
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bimonthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Jack Miller
- Format:
- Standard Silver Age U.S.; Later Standard Modern Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was An On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Second appearance of the Inferior Five.
Conquer Man-Mountain -- Because He's There!
Inferior Five / comic story / 8.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils:
- Joe Orlando; Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks:
- Mike Esposito
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- satire-parody; superhero
- Characters:
- Inferior Five [Awkwardman; Blimp; Dumb Bunny; Merryman; White Feather]; The Sparrow; The Speed Demon; The Masked Swastika; The Silver Sorceress; Man-Mountain [Brute Brainard]; Police Chief Geronimo; Doctor Gruesome
- Synopsis:
- The Masked Swastika assembles his old gang, formerly enemies of the Freedom Brigade, and with the help of the Silver Sorceress they are all rejuvenated. Unfortunately, the Brigade is retired and only their children, the Inferior 5, are available to stop the villains.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in The Inferior 5 (DC, 1972 series) #12 (October-November 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Jerry Grandenetti credit from Error Report #2582, from Mark Evanier.
Villains are parodies of Marvel's Hulk and Avengers at the time of the this story: Man-Mountain (Hulk); Masked Swastika (Captain America), Sparrow (Hawkeye), Speed Demon (Quicksilver), Silver Sorceress (Scarlet Witch).
Oh, No! Not Another Green-Skinned Monster!
Inferior Five / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils:
- Joe Orlando
- Inks:
- Mike Esposito
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- satire-parody; superhero
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Inferior 5 (DC, 1972 series) #12 (October-November 1972)
-
Merryman's Last Stand
Inferior Five / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils:
- Joe Orlando
- Inks:
- Mike Esposito
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- satire-parody; superhero
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Inferior 5 (DC, 1972 series) #12 (October-November 1972)
-
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Inferior Five -
1.
Conquer Man-Mountain -- Because He's There!
Inferior Five -
2.
Oh, No! Not Another Green-Skinned Monster!
Inferior Five -
3.
Merryman's Last Stand
Inferior Five
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Dwayne Best
- Donald Dale Milne
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Donald Dale Milne
- Clayton Emery
- Mike Nielsen
- Ed Boner
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