(December 1967)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price:
0.12 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Jack Miller
Format:
Standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; was ongoing series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Deadman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; occult
Characters:
Deadman [Boston Brand]
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Why Fight? Read All Three!! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Oksner ?
Inks:
Bob Oksner ?
Letters:
Gaspar Saladino ?

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Bob Hope; Scooter; Stanley Dover; Spot

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; house ad for Bob Hope (DC, 1950 series), Swing with Scooter (DC, 1966 series), and The Fox and the Crow (DC, 1952 series) [starring Stanley and His Monster]


What Makes a Corpse Cry? (Table of Contents)

Deadman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Carmine Infantino (plot); Jack Miller (script)
Pencils:
Neal Adams
Inks:
Neal Adams
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; occult
Characters:
Deadman [Boston Brand]; Rama Kushna; Tiny; Liz Martin; Rocky Manzel; Paul
Synopsis:
While trying to find his killer, Boston Brand checks on Rocky Manzel who once threatened to kill him. Boston stops Rocky and his band of counterfeiters.
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Indexer Notes

Pages 6 and 17 are half-pages


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Nick Cardy; Bob Brown
Inks:
Nick Cardy; Bob Brown
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

listing of DC comics on sale in early November 1967; includes cover art from Aquaman (DC, 1962 series) #37 and Tomahawk (DC, 1950 series) #114


The Great Ghost Hunt (Table of Contents)

Strange But True / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Miller ?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
occult

["There! My model ship is finished."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff
Job Number:
6583

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Indexer Notes

hint submitted by Norman Jacobs of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin


The Haunted Bed! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
occult
Synopsis:
One of the rooms at Mrs. Carson's boarding house seems to be haunted.
Reprints:
  • from ?

Man or Wolf? (Table of Contents)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
occult
Synopsis:
Was Eric Linden really a werewolf?
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Indexer Notes

may actually be reprinted from an earlier source


Bad News! (Table of Contents)

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Curt Swan
Inks:
George Klein
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Bizarro #1

Indexer Notes

house ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #202 [80 Page Giant #G-42], on sale October 17


Man of a Thousand Shapes! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Bernard Sachs
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Synopsis:
An alien lawman comes to Earth and works in a carnival sideshow, hoping to attract the attention of the criminal he is seeking when word spreads about his fantastic ability to change shape.
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Indexer Notes

script credit from index of original story


Greatest Action Teams in History! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
Mike Sekowsky; Bruno Premiani; Dick Dillin; Joe Orlando (illustrations)
Inks:
Bernard Sachs; Bruno Premiani; Charles Cuidera; Mike Esposito (illustrations)
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; house ad promoting DC's superhero teams, including the Justice League of America, the Doom Patrol, the Blackhawks, and the Inferior Five


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Why Fight? Read All Three!!
  2. 2. What Makes a Corpse Cry?
    Deadman
  3. 3. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
  4. 4. The Great Ghost Hunt
    Strange But True
  5. 5. ["There! My model ship is finished."]
    Cap's Hobby Hints
  6. 6. The Haunted Bed!
  7. 7. Man or Wolf?
  8. 8. Bad News!
    Superman
  9. 9. Man of a Thousand Shapes!
  10. 10. Greatest Action Teams in History!
This issue was most recently modified by:
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  • Jerry Hillegas
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