(December 1967-January 1968)

DC, 1955 Series
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Price:
0.12 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
George Kashdan [as George Hashdan]
Format:
Color; Standard Silver Age & Modern Age US; Newsprint; Most Saddle-Stitched, Some Squarebound; On-Going

Issue Notes

The editor's name is misspelled in the indicia (information from Ted Watson via the error list, October 2007).

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Grasp of Shahn-Zi! (Table of Contents)

Batman; Spectre / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Neal Adams
Inks:
Neal Adams
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; The Spectre; Shahn-Zi
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[The scene: Gotham City's Chinatown!] (Table of Contents)

Batman; Spectre / comic story / 23.33 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Haney
Pencils:
Ross Andru
Inks:
Mike Esposito
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Batman; Spectre; Shahn-Zi (1st); James Gordon; Bill Loo; Danny Loo
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Indexer Notes

Story is divide into three sections (each labelled "Batman and the Spectre"), with page 8 just 0.50 (a house ad underneath), page 16 at 0.33 (Sequence 3 underneath) and page 24 at 0.50 (Sequence 4 underneath).


A Land of Many Walls (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Fact
Synopsis:
A description of the many defensive walls found in China other than the Great Wall.

Indexer Notes

Located between pages 8 and 9 of Sequence 1.


Dig what's Coming (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff (signed); Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff (signed); Mike Esposito
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Flash [Barry Allen]; Superman
Synopsis:
The winner of a track race continues running, to his newsstand to find out who won the race between the Flash and Superman, in Flash #175.

Indexer Notes

The cover of Flash #175 is reproduced, with logo, DC bullet, price, code seal, month (but not number), dialogue balloons and blurb included, and an additional blurb added where nothing of substance is obscured. This item is located at the bottom of page 16 of Sequence 1.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff
Job Number:
6584

Content Information

Synopsis:
A rendering of reader Bill Graff's technique for making a very straight pinstripe on a racing car model.

Indexer Notes

This item is located at the bottom of the last page of Sequence 1.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Direct Currents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Neal Adams; Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Neal Adams
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset; ?

Content Information

Characters:
Deadman [Boston Brand]; Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Synopsis:
Promotional hype for Adventure Comics #363, Strange Adventures #207 (with cover reproduction), Detective Comics #370 (with cover reproduction), Action Comics #357, Our Army at War #188 and Superman #203.

The Batman Whirly-Word Game (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Characters:
Batman

Indexer Notes

Despite the title, this is a puzzle to be solved rather than a game to be played.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [The scene: Gotham City's Chinatown!]
    Batman; Spectre
  2. 2. A Land of Many Walls
  3. 3. Dig what's Coming
  4. 4. [no title indexed]
    Cap's Hobby Hints
  5. 5. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
  6. 6. The Batman Whirly-Word Game
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Patrick Lemaire
  • Allen Ross
  • Jerry Hillegas
  • Ted Watson
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gene Reed
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Ted Watson
  • Max Capp
  • Ed Boner