Mister Miracle #4

(October 1971)

The Closing Jaws of Death! (Table of Contents)

Mister Miracle / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Vince Colletta

Colors:

?

Letters:

John Costanza

Job Number:

X-164

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Mister Miracle [Scott Free]; Big Barda; Oberon; Dr Bedlam

Synopsis:

Barda arrives on Earth just in time to help Scott escape Dr. Bedlam.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Jack Kirby's Mister Miracle (DC, 1998 series) #[nn] (September 1998)
• in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #2

Indexer Notes

First appearance of Big Barda.

Miracle Talk (Table of Contents)

Miracle Talk / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mark Evanier; Steve Sherman

Letters:

typeset

Job Number:

X-196

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Rich Morrissey, Mark Gruenwald, Steve Jordan, and Al Polyniak.

Pirate or Patriot? (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Jack Kirby

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

historical

Characters:

Jean Laffite; Captain Lockyer; Captain McWilliams; Dominique; Governor Claiborne; Pierre Laffite; Edward Livingstone; General Andrew Jackson

Synopsis:

Facts about a Jean Lafitte who warned the Americans that the British planned on invading New Orleans.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Real Fact Comics (DC, 1946 series) #1 (March-April 1946)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Carmine Infantino

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Explanation of the increase in price to 25cents.

The Romance of Rip Carter (Table of Contents)

Boy Commandos / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Jack Kirby ?

Job Number:

x-205

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; war

Characters:

Boy Commados [Rip Carter; Brooklyn; Alfy; Andre; Jan]; Rosalind K. (a plane); Sgt. Hooker; Carlo Ravissi; Captain Groggins; Lieutenant Nevil; Augustino; Rigo

Synopsis:

The Boy Commandos fail in their mission to blow up a railway tunnel, but the plane that was carrying them manages to destroy the tunnel without any crew aboard.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #82 (December 1943)

Indexer Notes

Boy Commandos airplane named after Roz Kirby, as noted by Jack Kirby. Possible Kirby lettering per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Howard Fergusen.