(October 1942)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
A Superman DC Publication
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth
Format:
Color; mostly Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age US size, Digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503; mostly Saddle-Stitched, Squarebound #390, 416, 491-503

Cobras of the Deep (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
Inks:
Joe Simon ? [as Simon] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Manhunter; Starman (inset)
Reprints:

The Tune of Terrific Toby (Table of Contents)

Starman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Alfred Bester
Pencils:
Jack Burnley
Inks:
Jack Burnley
Colors:
Raymond Perry
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Starman [Ted Knight]; Terrific Toby [Toby Weems]; the Soup-Gang [Nick Armstrong, Muley, Joey](villains)
Synopsis:
When Toby Weems stages a phony rescue of his office staff from a so-called bomb, he becomes a hero, which has some advantages with scaring underworld hoods. But his ego begins bothering him, so he seeks out Starman to help make him a real hero!
Reprints:

The Stroke of Doom (Table of Contents)

Hourman and Thorndyke / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily
Inks:
Bernard Baily
Colors:
?
Letters:
Bernard Baily?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; Hans (bell maker, death); Gun Gunther (villain); Prof. Pitts (villain); Piper (villain)
Synopsis:
Hourman must battle the murderous plan of a criminal combine that uses the destructive tone of a specially constructed large bell.....sounds which cause death, destruction and madness for miles while the perpetrators are protected from the pulsations by vibro-mitters.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit changed from ? to Bernard Baily? by Craig Delich 2009-12-9. Writer credit revised from Ken Fitch? to ? by Craig Delich 2010-2-12. Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume in this story (red cape w/yellow trim and Hourglass).


The Case of the Love-Sick Submarine (Table of Contents)

Genius Jones / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Alfred Bester
Pencils:
Stan Kaye
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
teen
Characters:
Genius Jones

The Mystery of the Shining Knight's Rival (Table of Contents)

The Shining Knight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Louis Cazeneuve
Inks:
Louis Cazeneuve
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]

Battles the Cobras of the Deep (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
Reprints:

Footprints in the Sands of Time (Table of Contents)

The Sandman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; The Curio Man (villain); Ruffy (villain)
Synopsis:
Sandman and Sandy track down the whereabouts of an hourglass, made in the days of the Greek Emperor, Michael Commenus [sic], onto which is engraved the lost formula for making water burn.
Reprints:

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. Cobras of the Deep
    Manhunter
  2. 1. The Tune of Terrific Toby
    Starman
  3. 2. The Stroke of Doom
    Hourman and Thorndyke
  4. 3. The Case of the Love-Sick Submarine
    Genius Jones
  5. 4. The Mystery of the Shining Knight's Rival
    The Shining Knight
  6. 5. Battles the Cobras of the Deep
    Manhunter
  7. 6. Footprints in the Sands of Time
    The Sandman
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Craig Delich
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Mike Nielsen
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  • Jon Ingersoll
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