Anthro #1
(July-August 1968)

DC, 1968 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1968-05-02
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 (credited)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Battle of the Sexes! (Table of Contents)

Anthro / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howie Post (signed)
Inks
Howie Post
Colors
?
Letters
Howie Post (logo design, see notes); ?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Anthro
Keywords
prehistoric

Indexer Notes

Logo design credit from Todd Klein via his Facebook posting Comics Logos A #40: ANTHRO, 9 February 2021. An updated design from the original Post design that appeared in Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #74 (May 1968).

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Everybody Has Problems (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Green Lantern; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Battle of the Sexes! (Table of Contents: 2)

Anthro / comic story / 23.67 pages (report information)

Script
Howie Post
Pencils
Howie Post (signed)
Inks
Howie Post (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure
Characters
Anthro; Embra; Lart; Ne-Ahn; Tugg; Ita
Synopsis
Lart is crippled. Anthro meets Embra.
Reprints
Keywords
Cro-Magnon; prehistoric

Indexer Notes

Page 9 is a 2/3-page.

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

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)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dad, will you take me for a ride...
Genre
children; humor
Keywords
Batmobile

Indexer Notes

A strip that promotes hobbies and plugs the Batmobile toy manufactured by Corgi Toys.

Never Before... In One Giant Issue! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

The World of Anthro / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Howie Post
Pencils
Howie Post (illustrations)
Inks
Howie Post (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
Humorous quips about the prehistoric world of Anthro.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Battle of the Sexes!
    Anthro
  2. 1. Everybody Has Problems
    Green Lantern; Superman
  3. 2. The Battle of the Sexes!
    Anthro
  4. 3. ["Dad, will you take me for a ride..."]
    Billy
  5. 4. Never Before... In One Giant Issue!
    Batman
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    The World of Anthro
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Direct Currents
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Steve Jenner
  • Darrel McCann
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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