Beware the Creeper #1

(May-June 1968)

Where Lurks the Menace? (Table of Contents: 1)

The Creeper / comic story / 21.5 pages (report information)

Script

Steve Ditko (credited) (plot); Denny O'Neil (credited as Sergius O'Shaughnessy)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited)

Inks

Steve Ditko (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Charlotte Jetter

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If you are standing on a certain slum street tonight

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Creeper [Jack Ryder]; The Terror; Jurgan; Vera Sweet; Bill Brane; "Baldy" Pate; Gerk Kreg; Vance Cleary; Hack Axeley; Ida Horn

Reprints

• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #62 ([April 1970] ?)
• in Kamandi (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #6 (4ème trimestre 1976) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
• in The Creeper by Steve Ditko (DC, 2010 series) ([May] 2010)

Indexer Notes

Strip continues from Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #73. Pages 8, 16, and 23 of the story are 0.5 pages of art each.

Will Our New Western Hero... Save the West? Or Ruin It? (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mr. Mason, the druggist, gave me some empty medicine capsules to use on my models.

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

"Thanks to - Brian Welsh Toronto, Canada" (presumably for idea).

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

Creeper's Corner / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Dick Giordano

Pencils

Steve Ditko; Dick Giordano

Inks

Steve Ditko; Dick Giordano

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Editorial by Giordano for upcoming letters section. Creeper illustration by Ditko and Giordano caricature by Giordano.

Who Are They? What Are They? (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

2 Boys as Different and Right and Wrong (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Bomba the Jungle Boy; The Spectre / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Billy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Colors

?

Letters

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)

Job Number

6615

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Billy, weren't you supposed to work on the lawn today?

Genre

humor

Characters

Billy

Reprints

• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #62 ([April 1970] ?)

Indexer Notes

Appears at the bottom half of page 23 of this issue's story.

This appears to be a comic strip, not an ad, but with "product placement" for the Skittles game by Aurora

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page (report information)