(April 1969)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly (semi-monthly, March)
On-sale Date
1969-02-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Mort Weisinger (editor); E. Nelson Bridwell (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Big Forget! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Carmine Infantino ?
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman
Reprints
Keywords
Fortress of Solitude; statues of Jor-El; statues of Lara

Indexer Notes

The Silver Age of Superman The Greatest Covers of Action Comics from the '50s to the '70s (1995 series) (Abbeville Press) erroneously credits Jack Abel as inker.

The Big Forget! (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 11.67 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder (credited)
Pencils
Curt Swan (credited)
Inks
Jack Abel (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman [also appears as Clark Kent]; Agent Zero Zero; Lois Lane; Jimmy Olsen; Perry White; Batman
Synopsis
Superman accidentally stumbles on his true secret identity, Clark Kent, and captures the spy who had assumed Clark's identity. Batman tells him the location of his Fortress of Solitude, where he finds the surprising cure for his amnesia.
Reprints
Keywords
amnesia; Bizarros; Fortress of Solitude

The Daring Giant - The Classic Giant (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Pencils
Neal Adams; Ross Andru
Inks
Nick Cardy; Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #3 and The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #187 [80 Page Giant #58], both on sale February 13

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

Metropolis Mailbag / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils
Curt Swan (logo illustration)
Inks
George Klein (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by R. L. Thomas; Eric Hayden; James A. Lumbis; Leonard Philip Zinna; Marty Myrta; Steve Rettop; Mike Wakeland

The Woman Who Hated Supergirl! (Table of Contents: 4)

Supergirl / comic story / 9.17 pages (report information)

Script
Leo Dorfman
Pencils
Kurt Schaffenberger
Inks
Kurt Schaffenberger
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
W-116
Genre
superhero
Characters
Supergirl [also appears as Linda Danvers]; Marla Alexander; Tony Alexander
Synopsis
Supergirl helps Dr. Alexander advance her career in astronomy by taking her into outer space to observe a distant nebula, but a cosmic accident changes everything.
Reprints
Keywords
astronomy; Stanhope College

Indexer Notes

Story continues in the following issue.

Page 6 is a 0.5 page of story, page 10 is 0.67 page of story.

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

Ollie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Job Number
3089
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Let me show you how easily this vacuum cleaner works...
Genre
humor
Characters
Ollie
Reprints

Incredible? Yes! Impossible? No! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Pencils
Irv Novick; Neal Adams
Inks
Irv Novick; Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for Detective Comics (DC, 1938 series) #387 and The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #83, both on sale February 27

#6 [Sargon the Sorcerer] (Table of Contents: 7)

Fact File / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Sargon

Indexer Notes

hero history

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Big Forget!
    Superman
  2. 1. The Big Forget!
    Superman
  3. 2. The Daring Giant - The Classic Giant
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Metropolis Mailbag
  5. 4. The Woman Who Hated Supergirl!
    Supergirl
  6. 5. ["Let me show you how easily this vacuum cleaner works..."]
    Ollie
  7. 6. Incredible? Yes! Impossible? No!
    Batman; Teen Titans
  8. 7. #6 [Sargon the Sorcerer]
    Fact File
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  • Dwayne Best
  • Nick Caputo
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • John Monagle
  • Mike Nielsen
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  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
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