(December 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; Mort Weisinger (assistant editor); Murray Boltinoff (assistant editor)
Color:
color
Dimensions:
standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Binding:
saddle-stitched (squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449, 600)
Publishing Format:
was ongoing series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jack Burnley
Inks:
Jack Burnley
Colors:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman
Reprints:
Keywords:
aircraft; bombers; engines

A Goof Named Tiny Rufe (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed)
Pencils:
John Sikela (signed)[as Joe Shuster]
Inks:
Ed Dobrotka
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; Tiny Rufe (introduction); Maisie Day (introduction); Al Hatt (introduction); Whitney Ellsworth (cameo); Murray Boltinoff (cameo); Mort Weisinger (cameo)
Synopsis:
In this parody of the famed L'il Abner comic strip by Al Capp, cartoonist Al Hatt gets his inspiration from real hillbillies and he doesn't want them to get married.
Reprints:

Capt. Hewitt T. (Shorty) Wheless (Table of Contents)

Supermen of the U.S. Army / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Cliff Young?
Inks:
Cliff Young?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
non-fiction
Characters:
Captain Hewitt T. Wheless

Bullets for Breakfast (Table of Contents)

Vigilante / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks:
George Roussos
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]

Aces of Fire (Table of Contents)

Three Aces / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Louis Cazeneuve
Inks:
Louis Cazeneuve
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Three Aces [Fog Fortune; Gunner Bill; Whistler Will]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-15-08.


The Clever Chinese (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Paul Evans (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

Escape from the Scaffold (Table of Contents)

Americommandos / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joseph Greene
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war
Characters:
Americommando [Tex Thomson]; Fatman [Bob Daley].

Indexer Notes

Writer per Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 5/05.


A Modern Robinson Crusoe (Table of Contents)

Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Edwin Smalle?
Inks:
Edwin Smalle?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
jungle
Characters:
Congo Bill

Crimes by Coincidence (Table of Contents)

Zatara / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Joseph Sulman
Inks:
Joseph Sulman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
occult
Characters:
Zatara

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  2. 1. A Goof Named Tiny Rufe
    Superman
  3. 2. Capt. Hewitt T. (Shorty) Wheless
    Supermen of the U.S. Army
  4. 3. Bullets for Breakfast
    Vigilante
  5. 4. Aces of Fire
    Three Aces
  6. 5. The Clever Chinese
  7. 6. Escape from the Scaffold
    Americommandos
  8. 7. A Modern Robinson Crusoe
    Congo Bill
  9. 8. Crimes by Coincidence
    Zatara
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