Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains #1

(July-August 1972)

The New Three-Wheel RRRumblers Are Here! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Signalman of Crime (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman and Robin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Sheldon Moldoff (signed) [as Bob Kane])

Inks

Charles Paris

Colors

?

Letters

Pat Gordon

Job Number

N-514

Feature Logo

Batman with Robin - The Boy Wonder [50's face]

Genre

superhero

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Commissioner James Gordon; Robin [Dick Grayson]; The Signalman [Phil Cobb] (first appearance and origin)

Synopsis

Phil Cobb comes to Gotham City with the aim of becoming a big shot crook, and adopts the identity of The Signalman to get a reputation for outwitting Batman. However, with some luck, Batman and Robin escape one of The Signalman's traps and capture him.

Reprints

• from Batman (DC, 1940 series) #112 (December 1957)

Indexer Notes

Reprints first appearance and origin of The Signalman.

If You Think It Just Looks Real, Wait Till You Shoot it! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

What Do These Champions Have in Common...with You? (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Joe Weider Course and Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Crimes of the Clock King (Table of Contents: 5)

Green Arrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Herron

Pencils

Lee Elias (credited)

Inks

Lee Elias (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Stan Starkman

Job Number

N-515

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Clock King (intro, villain); unnamed police officers

Synopsis

The Clock King is successful in a series of crimes, besting Green Arrow and Speedy, until he traps them in his headquarters, where the archers escape his trap and capture The Clock King.

Reprints

• from World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #111 (August 1960)

Indexer Notes

Though the Clock King's face is revealed at the end of the story, he is not named.

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Menace of the Giant Puppet! (Table of Contents: 8)

Green Lantern / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

John Broome (credited)

Pencils

Gil Kane (credited)

Inks

Joe Giella (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Gaspar Saladino

Editing

Julius Schwartz (original editor)

Job Number

N-516

Genre

superhero

Characters

Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; The Puppet Master (intro, villain); Carol Ferris; Biffy (small-time crook)

Synopsis

The Puppet-Master invents a Hypno-Ray and commits crimes using others as puppets, until he attempts to capture Green Lantern, who instead captures him. Meanwhile, Carol Ferris daydreams of marrying Green Lantern.

Reprints

• from Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #1 (July-August 1960)

Indexer Notes

The Hypno-Ray is similar to an emotion controlling ray invented by Mind Games in Action Comics Weekly 611-613. Green Lantern uses a high speed stunt like The Flash.

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Roger's Super Skittle Bowl (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Aurora Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Wanted Your Letters! / letters page / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

E. Nelson Bridwell

Letters

typeset

Job Number

N-525

Indexer Notes

Request for readers' letters and story reprint ideas.

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Task Force / Cannon Ball (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Cannon Ball; Task Force / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Insult That Made a Man Out of "Mac." (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Dig These! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Mattel Toys; Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)