(December 1971-January 1972)

DC, 1971 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.25 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
Bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Periodical Publications, Inc.
Brand:
DC [character]
Editing:
Jack Kirby
Format:
Color; Standard Silver Age US; Newsprint; Saddle-Stitched; On-Going

The Omega Effect! (Table of Contents)

Forever People / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Vince Colletta
Colors:
?
Letters:
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number:
X 247

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Forever People [Big Bear; Serifan; Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider]
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Indexer Notes

The inking was formerly credited to Mike Royer. Colletta attribution is confirmed in “The Thin Black Line,” page 83 and by the Kirby Museum:

http://www.whatifkirby.com/news/forever-people-issue-6-cover-photocopy
http://www.whatifkirby.com/news/new-creation-forever-people-issue-6-cove...

The second link shows a more recent cover re-inking by Royer (alongside the Colletta cover)


The Omega Effect!! (Table of Contents)

Forever People / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Kirby
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Mike Royer
Colors:
?
Letters:
Mike Royer
Job Number:
X-234

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Forever People [Beautiful Dreamer; Mark Moonrider; Serifan; Big Bear; Vykin the Black]; Darkseid; Desaad; Sonny Sumo; Glorious Godfrey; Justifiers
Synopsis:
Darkseid uses his Omega Beams on the Forever People, apparently killing all but Serifan.
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Indexer Notes

Inks credit from Scott Grammel on 4 December 2004. Royer lettering per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited John Costanza.


Raid from Apokolips (Table of Contents)

The Young Gods of Supertown / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Kirby
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Vince Colletta
Colors:
?
Letters:
John Costanza
Job Number:
X-251

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Serifan; Captain Ogur; Big Bear
Synopsis:
Serifan and Big Bear stop Captain Ogur from shooting Supertown out of the sky.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Buzzing in the Boomtube / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mark Evanier; Steve Sherman
Letters:
Typeset
Job Number:
X-246

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Bob Rozakis and Mike W. Barr.


[Adventure Comics #75] (Table of Contents)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Joe Simon
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
The Sandman; Sandy; Thor (villain); Starman [inset]
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The Villain from Valhalla! (Table of Contents)

Sandman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Kirby
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Joe Simon
Colors:
?
Letters:
Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Police Chief Haines; Thor [Fairy Tales Fenton](villain)
Synopsis:
A former Professor of Metallurgy, who has invented clothing of lucite that is bullet-proof, disguises himself and his men as ancient Vikings to commit crimes. They then challenge the Police and Sandman to discover their whereabouts after divesting themselves of their distinctive garb.
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Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. The Omega Effect!
    Forever People
  2. 1. The Omega Effect!!
    Forever People
  3. 2. Raid from Apokolips
    The Young Gods of Supertown
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Buzzing in the Boomtube
  5. 4. [Adventure Comics #75]
    Sandman
  6. 5. The Villain from Valhalla!
    Sandman
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Tom Hardee
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Nick Caputo
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gene Reed