(March-April 1968)

DC, 1967 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-01-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Joe Orlando (editor)

Issue Notes

New cover logo, new direction.

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Inferior Five / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Tex Blaisdell
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
The Inferior Five [Dumb Bunny; Merryman; Awkwardman; The Blimp; White Feather]
Cover Thumbnail for The Inferior Five (DC, 1967 series) #7
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Drainy Day! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Inferior Five / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Tex Blaisdell
Colors
?
Letters
Ray Holloway
Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
The Inferior Five [Dumb Bunny; Merryman; Awkwardman; The Blimp; White Feather]; Thor; Ed Norton (of the Honeymooners); Prince Nabob, The Sub-Moron; Allergy Queen; Iron Pants; Cobweb Kid; The Blast; Dr. Diabolical
Synopsis
The Inferior Five chase the Blast through the sewers of Megalopolis.

Indexer Notes

Across 24 pages, but pages 18 and 24 are 1/2-pages. Includes parodies of Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man and Sub-Mariner, all with the correct coloring and cameos of Stanley and his Monster and the Fox and the Crow.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Uncle Merry's Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell (credited as Uncle Merry)
Pencils
Joe Orlando ? (illustration)
Inks
Joe Orlando ? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dear Jacks and Jills: Hi! This is your Uncle Merry...

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Carl Gafford and Angel Marcano. Between pages 18 and 19 of the main sequence.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Inferior Five
  2. 1. Drainy Day!
    The Inferior Five
  3. 2. ["Meet the new Barry (Flash) Allen, as..."]
    Direct Currents
  4. 3. ["Dear Jacks and Jills: Hi! This is your Uncle Merry..."]
    Uncle Merry's Mailbag
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  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jonathan Sari
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
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