(January-February 1968)
DC,
1967 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1967-11-23
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Jack Miller (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration. Printed in the U.S.A.
[no title indexed]
Inferior Five / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Readers -- You didn't revolt...
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero; humor
- Characters
- Inferior Five; Justice League; Metal Men; Blackhawks; Elongated Man; Robin; Superboy
The Drama and the Power
Aquaman; Tomahawk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- historical; superhero; western-frontier
- Characters
- Aquaman; Mera; Aqualad; Tomahawk; Chief Iron-Hands
Indexer Notes
House ad for Aquaman #37 (January-February 1968) and Tomahawk #114 (January-February 1968), with no On Sale info given. Black and white promo located inside front cover.
How to Make a Bomb!
Inferior Five / comic story / 10.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We have received numerous requests asking for a complete explanation of how an issue of this magazine is produced.
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero; humor
- Characters
- The Inferior Five [Merryman; Dumb Bunny; Awkwardman; The Blimb; White Feather]; Ginny; Lucille; I.D. [Irwin Donenfeld]; Robin; Farquhar; Jack Miller; Barbara Friedlander; Robert Kanigher; Mort Weisinger; George Kashdan; Julius Schwartz; E. Nelson Bridwell; Murray Boltinoff; Jack Schiff; Gerda; tailors
- Synopsis
- The Inferior Five visit DC Comics' offices and watch an issue being assembled.
Mattel's new M-16 Marauder
Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Boy
- Keywords
- Toy gun
Indexer Notes
Ad from Mattel, Inc.
Teeny Quiz
Teen Beam / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for Teen Beam magazine (December 1967 series). Located between pages 4 and 5.
[no title indexed]
116 Planes of All Nations / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fight global air battles with planes of all nations
Indexer Notes
Ad, with order coupon, from "Planes"
[For belly laughs or blazing action...]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Pencils
- Jack Sparling; Frank Springer
- Inks
- Jack Sparling; Frank Springer
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp; ?
- Characters
- Plastic Man; Robby Reed
Indexer Notes
Promo for Plastic Man # 8 and House of Mystery # 172
[Look out below, it's Avalanche!]
Parker Brothers Games / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Boys; girl
- Keywords
- Game
Indexer Notes
Ad, in comic story form, from Parker Brothers, Inc.
[no title indexed]
Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- Job Number
- 6597
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I borrowed Mom's box of aluminum foil!
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Father; son
- Synopsis
- The son shows his father how to make model hubcaps.
Indexer Notes
How to make new hubcaps (in comic story form). Tip from Phil McDade of Greenville, S.C.
[no title indexed]
The Inferior Five Dead Letter Office / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Editor: Isn't it about time you ran an Annual of the Inferior Five, featuring all the old stories?
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from Mark Main; Roger Loeffler; Lulu Belle; George Wakefield; and Barry Whetstone. Follows page 11 of the main sequence.
Part II: Recipe for a Turkey!
Inferior Five / comic story / 11.5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; superhero; humor
- Characters
- The Inferior Five [Merryman; Dumb Bunny; White Feather; Awkwardman; The Blimp]; Jack Miller; E. Nelson Bridwell; Barbara Friedlander; Mike Sekwosky; I. D. [Irwin Donenfeld]; Carmine Infantino; Mike Esposito; Sol Harrison; Jack Adler; Gil Kane; Joe Letterese; comics fans; tailors; unnamed villain
- Synopsis
- The artists and letterers quarrel over the issue, but it finally gets finished.
[no title indexed]
Tyco Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tyco gives you the best of both in HO railroading and roadracing!
Indexer Notes
Ad from Tyco
110 foreign stamps
Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Ad, with response coupon, from Garcelon Stamp Co.
[no title indexed]
The Fanatical Fans Squawk! / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, fans, it's poetry day again, and our favorite poet, Mark Evanier, of Los Angeles, has sent us his latest epic dedicated to The Inferior Five, to be set to music as soon as he can find a tone-deaf composer.
Indexer Notes
Poem by Mark Evanier and letters of comment from R.L. Rippee and Jim Abbott.
Remember This Boy?
Batman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Joe Chill; young Bruce Wayne; the Joker; the Penguin; Catwoman
- Reprints
-
from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #198 (January-February 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
House ad for Batman #198 [80 Page Giant #G-43], (February 1968) advertised as "On Sale Nov 14th".
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The day is coming closer!
- Characters
- Fans; creators
Indexer Notes
Mystery promo (date and title not revealed)
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Neal Adams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Death duels at high noon as lawmen meet outlaws in the western special edition of Showcase!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deadman; Superman
Indexer Notes
House ad for Showcase #72; Metamorpho #16; Strange Adventures #208 (cover shown); Action Comics #358 (cover shown); Detective Comics #371; Adventure Comics #364; and Our Army at War #189. Capsule promo copy for all. Shipping window is from Nov. 28th to Dec. 5th.
A Lois You've Never Seen Before!
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman; Lois Lane
- Reprints
- from Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane (DC, 1958 series) #80 (January 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
House ad for Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #80 (January 1968). No shipping date given. Black and white promo located inside back cover.
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["Readers -- You didn't revolt..."]
Inferior Five -
1.
The Drama and the Power
Aquaman; Tomahawk -
2.
How to Make a Bomb!
Inferior Five -
3.
Mattel's new M-16 Marauder
Mattel Toys -
4.
Teeny Quiz
Teen Beam -
5.
["Fight global air battles with planes of all nations"]
116 Planes of All Nations -
6.
[For belly laughs or blazing action...]
-
7.
[Look out below, it's Avalanche!]
Parker Brothers Games -
8.
["I borrowed Mom's box of aluminum foil!"]
Cap's Hobby Hints -
9.
["Dear Editor: Isn't it about time you ran an Annual of the Inferior Five, featuring all the old stories?"]
The Inferior Five Dead Letter Office -
10.
Part II: Recipe for a Turkey!
Inferior Five -
11.
["Tyco gives you the best of both in HO railroading and roadracing!"]
Tyco Toys -
12.
110 foreign stamps
Garcelon Stamps -
13.
["Well, fans, it's poetry day again, and our favorite poet, Mark Evanier, of Los Angeles, has sent us his latest epic dedicated to The Inferior Five, to be set to music as soon as he can find a tone-deaf composer."]
The Fanatical Fans Squawk! -
14.
Remember This Boy?
Batman -
15.
["The day is coming closer!"]
-
16.
["Death duels at high noon as lawmen meet outlaws in the western special edition of Showcase!"]
Direct Currents -
17.
A Lois You've Never Seen Before!
Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane -
18.
["Have you heard about the new electric trains that come in a book?"]
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This issue was modified by, among others
- Bruno Andreacchi
- Dwayne Best
- Nick Caputo
- Bob Cherry
- Gregory Fischer
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Matthew Head
- Kirk House
- Donald Dale Milne
- Paul Robinson
- Jim Van Dore
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