(October 1966)

DC, 1954 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly, with the exception of March, June, Sept. & Dec.
On-sale Date
1966-08-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Robert Kanigher (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Tunnels of Death! (Table of Contents)

Capt. Hunter / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert [short k])
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed as Joe Kubert [short k])
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
war
Characters
Captain Phil Hunter
Keywords
Vietnam

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

20th Century Fox Movies; Batman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Tunnels of Death (Table of Contents: 2)

Capt. Hunter / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Howard Liss (sourced)
Pencils
Jack Abel (sourced)
Inks
Jack Abel (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Captain Phil Hunter; Lu Lin; Major Nick Hunter (dream)
Synopsis
Hunter discovers a network of tunnels being used by the Viet Cong and sets out to destroy them.
Reprints
Keywords
Vietnam

Indexer Notes

Story in two parts of 5.67 and 11.67 pages.

Look What's New on Route '66' (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

Plastic Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

See the New Superheroes (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

CBS Saturday Cartoons / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Attack of the Sizzler! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Metal Men / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Special! An 80 Page Giant Batman (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

A 2nd Star Collection! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Superman and Batman and Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

No Hill for Easy! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Haney
Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Jerry Grandenetti
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
war
Synopsis
The soldiers of Easy Company are eager to prove their fighting strength by taking a hill in battle but they are sent to the African desert where the terrain is completely flat.
Reprints
Keywords
Nazis; United States Army; World War II

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

Readers -- Sound Off! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (signed as RK)
Pencils
Joe Kubert (logo illustration)
Inks
Joe Kubert (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Arnold Appel, Clint Green, and Lee Childs.

Assignment: Outer Space! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Andy and George; G.I. Joe / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Holy Hobby Kits! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Aurora Products; Batman / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Tunnels of Death!
    Capt. Hunter
  2. 1. ["For the first time on the motion picture screen in color"]
    20th Century Fox Movies; Batman
  3. 2. The Tunnels of Death
    Capt. Hunter
  4. 3. Look What's New on Route '66'
    AMT Models
  5. 4. ["He's not: as strong as... Superman..."]
    Plastic Man
  6. 5. See the New Superheroes
    CBS Saturday Cartoons
  7. 6. Attack of the Sizzler!
    Metal Men
  8. 7. Special! An 80 Page Giant Batman
    Batman and Robin
  9. 8. A 2nd Star Collection!
    Superman and Batman and Robin
  10. 9. No Hill for Easy!
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Readers -- Sound Off!
  12. 11. Assignment: Outer Space!
    The Adventures of Andy and George; G.I. Joe
  13. 12. Holy Hobby Kits!
    Aurora Products; Batman
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Mark Boyer
  • Chris Boyko
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore