(September-October 1968)

DC, 1967 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
On-sale Date
1968-07-18
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

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Win Mortimer; Neal Adams (see notes)
Inks
Tex Blaisdell; Neal Adams (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
The Inferior Five [Merryman; Dumb Bunny; The Blimp; Awkwardman; White Feather]; Superman; Kookie Quartet; Cobweb Kid; Sub-Moron

Indexer Notes

Superman figure drawn by Neal Adams. (Info per Nick Caputo.)

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A Monster Rally! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Inferior Five / comic story / 22.67 pages (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell (plot); Howie Post (script)
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Tex Blaisdell
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn ?
Genre
satire-parody; superhero
Characters
The Inferior Five [Merryman; Dumb Bunny; The Blimp; Awkwardman; White Feather]; Superman; Kookie Quartet; Cobweb Kid; Sub-Moron
Synopsis
The Superheroes stop an alien invasion, but Superman does all the work.

Indexer Notes

Bridwell plot, Post script per On the Drawing Board #65 (March 1968). Parodies of Fantastic Four, Spider-Man and Sub-Mariner. Includes an appearance by Superman.

Story across 24 pages, but page 8 is a 2/3-page and pages 16 and 24 are 1/2-pages.

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

The Wonderful World of Comics / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Synopsis
An attempt to answer "Whatever happened to Carmine Infantino?"
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Inferior Five
  2. 1. A Monster Rally!
    The Inferior Five
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    The Wonderful World of Comics
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  • Chris Boyko
  • Nick Caputo
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jonathan Sari
  • Jim Van Dore
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