(April-May 1969)
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Periodical Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- Superman DC National Comics
- Editing:
- Murray Boltinoff
- Format:
- Color; Standard Silver Age and Modern Age US; Mostly Saddle-Stitched (Squarebound #157-162); Newsprint; Was ongoing
The Brain Robbers!
Johnny Peril / comic story / 11.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- George Kashdan
- Pencils:
- Jack Sparling
- Inks:
- Jack Sparling
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Johnny Peril; Peranho; Masters of the Cosmos; Eric Furman; Cerbrex; Adam Rahl
- Synopsis:
- Johnny Peril stops the evil computer Cerbrex from taking over the Earth.
Burn, Match, Burn!
Tales of the Mad, Mod Witch / comic story / 7.5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Dave Wood
- Pencils:
- Art Saaf [as Art Saafe]
- Inks:
- Art Saaf [as Art Saafe]
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Mad Mod Witch (host)
- Synopsis:
- A mystical book of matches changes the life of whomever strikes them.
The Corpse That Didn't Die!
comic story / 3.67 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Dave Wood [as D. W. Holtz]
- Pencils:
- Pat Boyette (signed)
- Inks:
- Pat Boyette (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Pat Boyette
Content Information
- Genre:
- horror-suspense
- Characters:
- Cyrus Marshall
- Synopsis:
- When a mugger steals his wallet and then dies, Cyrus Marshall is allowed to attend his own funeral to see how he'll be remembered.
- Reprints:
-
in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #162 (March-April 1975) -
in Supermán (Editorial Novaro, 1952 series) #1391 (11 de noviembre de 1982)
-
Unexpected Mail
letters page / 0.8 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
- Job Number:
- B-112
Indexer Notes
LOC from readers Barbara Weston, Richard Doyle, M. Purple and Bill Benaquista.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.2 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Average copies preceeding 12 months: 298,000. Copies of issue closes to filing date: 325,000.
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Johnny Peril -
1.
The Brain Robbers!
Johnny Peril -
2.
Burn, Match, Burn!
Tales of the Mad, Mod Witch -
3.
The Corpse That Didn't Die!
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4.
Unexpected Mail
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5.
[no title indexed]
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- Daniel Thingvold
- Mike Nielsen
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- Max Capp
- R S
- Ramon Schenk
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