(December 1968)
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- Monthly, with the exception of Jan., Apr., July and October
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Dick Giordano
- Format:
- Standard Silver Age U.S.; Later Standard Modern Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was An On-Going Series
Issue Notes
Only tryout issue. In Amazing World of DC Comics #10, January 1976, in the article, "There's No Cases Like Showcases", Jack C. Harris notes, "J. Scott Pike, longtime romance illustrator, wrote and drew the mysterious Dolphin story for a one-shot try-out in #79 (Dec. 1968). A short story, the issue was rounded out with a reprint of the aquatic origin tale of Aqualad."
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
Dolphin / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jay Scott Pike [as Pike] (signed)
- Inks:
- Jay Scott Pike [as Pike] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- Dick Giordano
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Dolphin; frogmen
If 1 Super Hero Doesn't Grab You.. Try 2 (Table of Contents)
Green Lantern; Brave & Bold / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Various
- Inks:
- Various
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Green Lantern; Batman; Bork; Flash
- Synopsis:
- Inside front cover black-white house ad for Green Lantern #65 and Brave & Bold 81.
The Fantasy at 14 Fathoms! (Table of Contents)
Dolphin / comic story / 16.667 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jay Scott Pike [as J. Scott Pike]
- Pencils:
- Jay Scott Pike [as J. Scott Pike]
- Inks:
- Jay Scott Pike [as J. Scott Pike]
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Dolphin (intro); Chief Petty Officer Chris Landau; Seaman 1st Class Ben Harkey; Naval officers and sailors
- Synopsis:
- US Navy frogmen cut into a sunken WWII Navy ship to retrieve documents from a vault. And spot a white-haired girl(!) at the sea bottom. When she's brought aboard, she turns blue from suffocation - because she has gills. With regular dips in the ocean, she falls for Chris and learns some English. Her origin is a mystery. As a storm kicks up and the wreck teeters, Chris asks Dolphin to retrieve the documents, but the wreck slips into the abyss. Still, she surfaces smiling. With the mission complete, they'll return to land. Dolphin can't go, and dives overboard - into her world.
Indexer Notes
1) Full credits on page 1, "Created, written, and illustrated by J. Scott Pike. Edited by Dick Giordano." 2) Story sequence has 2 half pages and 1 two-thirds page, so sequence is 16.667 rather than 18 pages. 3) Dolphin's origin was explored later in AQUAMAN.
Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil (Table of Contents)
Captain Action / advertisement / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Ad for Ideal's Captain Action, Action Boy, and Dr. Evil toys.
We Want You to Baby-Sit with the World's Mightiest Tot... Superbaby! (Table of Contents)
Superman; Supergirl / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Various
- Inks:
- Various
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Superman; Supergirl
- Synopsis:
- House ad for 80-Page Giant Superman 212, "Adventures as Superbabies!"
The Kid from Atlantis! (Table of Contents)
Aquaman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Bernstein
- Pencils:
- Ramona Fradon
- Inks:
- Ramona Fradon
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; Aqualad [Garth] (intro, origin); Atlantis; Topo
- Synopsis:
- Aquaman helps Aqualad, a rejected child from Atlantis, to overcome his fear of fish. Aquaman adopts Aqualad as his sidekick.
- Reprinted:
- From Adventure Comics (DC 1938 series) #269 (February 1960)
Indexer Notes
Reprint of the origin of Aqualad. Writer credit of Robert Bernstein by Martin O'Hearn. Jack Miller writer credit removed by Mike Nielsen [6/2007]
The Wonderful World of Comics (Table of Contents)
DC Comics / text article / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Synopsis:
- Article on "What's In a Fanzine".
Get in on the Action (Table of Contents)
Captain Action / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Gil Kane
- Inks:
- Gil Kane
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Captain Action
- Synopsis:
- Inside back cover black-white house ad for Captain Action #2.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
If 1 Super Hero Doesn't Grab You.. Try 2
Green Lantern; Brave & Bold -
2.
The Fantasy at 14 Fathoms!
Dolphin -
3.
Captain Action and Action Boy Meet Dr. Evil
Captain Action -
4.
We Want You to Baby-Sit with the World's Mightiest Tot... Superbaby!
Superman; Supergirl -
5.
The Kid from Atlantis!
Aquaman -
6.
The Wonderful World of Comics
DC Comics -
7.
Get in on the Action
Captain Action
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- Clayton Emery
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- Clayton Emery
- Mike Nielsen
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