(August 1943)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
60
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
A Superman DC Publication
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Format:
Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449); ongoing series

Issue Notes

Back cover has Captain Tootsie ad by C.C. Beck.


[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:
Japanese fighter planes; stereotyping of the Japanese

When Stars Collide (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Don Cameron (signed)[as Jerry Siegel]
Pencils:
Ira Yarbrough (signed)[as Joe Shuster]
Inks:
Ira Yarbrough (signed)[as Joe Shuster]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Dr. Jaspar Meekins; Professor Praline (villain); his gang (villains); Spike Yaeger (villain); his gang (villains)
Synopsis:
When Clark Kent observes the collision of two suns in outer space, the resulting electrical showers cause him to lose his memory. Then a wily criminal convinces the Man of Steel he is actually a criminal named Muscles Moony, and puts him to work battling a rival gang....all in the guise of Superman!
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.


Dummy, Dummy & Dummy, Inc. (Table of Contents)

The Vigilante / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Don Cameron
Pencils:
Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks:
Charles Paris?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Dummy (villain)

Indexer Notes

Inker credit added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.


none (Table of Contents)

Woozy World / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Farr?
Pencils:
Jack Farr?
Inks:
Jack Farr?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Jack Farr?

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Indexer Notes

Writer and letterer credits added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.


Leatherneck Luck (Table of Contents)

Three Aces / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

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

Indexer Notes

Story cut and pasted from longer art (probably 6 pages). Writer cfredit added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.


A Right in der Fuehrer's Face (Table of Contents)

Americommando / 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]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit per Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 6/05.


none (Table of Contents)

Private Pete / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils:
Henry Boltinoff
Inks:
Henry Boltinoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:
military humor
Characters:
Pvt. Pete

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 9-23-08.


The Curse of Catellaria (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Daly
Inks:
John Daly
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
jungle
Characters:
Congo Bill

Crazy Scheme (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Will Ledge (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

The Pirate of Pleasure (Table of Contents)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Joseph Sulman
Inks:
Joseph Sulman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
occult
Characters:
Zatara

Indexer Notes

Story cut and pasted from longer art (probably 9 pages).


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. When Stars Collide
    Superman
  2. 2. Dummy, Dummy & Dummy, Inc.
    The Vigilante
  3. 3. none
    Woozy World
  4. 4. Leatherneck Luck
    Three Aces
  5. 5. A Right in der Fuehrer's Face
    Americommando
  6. 6. none
    Private Pete
  7. 7. The Curse of Catellaria
    Congo Bill
  8. 8. Crazy Scheme
  9. 9. The Pirate of Pleasure
    Zatara
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