(May-June 1978)

DC, 1976 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1978-02-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893242806
Editing
Jack C. Harris; Joe Orlando (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #153.
This issue has variants:

The Sideshows of Doom (Table of Contents)

Freedom Fighters / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Job Number
C-660
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batwoman [Kathy Kane]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Freedom Fighters [Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Uncle Sam; The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Black Condor [Richard Grey Jr.]; Doll Man [Darrell Dane]; Firebrand [Rod Reilly]]
Keywords
roller coaster

Indexer Notes

Art credits from The Comic Reader #153. Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.

Cover Thumbnail for Freedom Fighters (DC, 1976 series) #14
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A Race For Life! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

AAU Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Sideshows of Doom! (Table of Contents: 2)

Freedom Fighters / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
Dick Ayers
Inks
Jack Abel
Colors
Mario Sen
Letters
John Workman
Job Number
J-5052
Genre
superhero
Characters
Freedom Fighters [The Black Condor [Richard Grey Jr]; Doll Man [Darrell Dane]; Firebrand [Rod Reilly]; The Human Bomb [Roy Lincoln]; Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; The Ray [Happy Terrill]; Uncle Sam]; Batwoman [Kathy Kane] (guest star); Batgirl [Barbara Gordon] (guest star); Suzy
Synopsis
Sabotage is going on at Kane's Kolossal Karnival and the Freedom Fighters go undercover as circus performers.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Appearance of Batwoman and Batgirl.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Clark Candy Bars / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Dilemma (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Slim Jim / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Mike Marvel / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

North American School of Motorcycle Repair / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel / Shazam! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

American Circle Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Freedom Fanmail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack C. Harris
Pencils
Mark Armstrong (logo)
Inks
John Workman (logo)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-889
First Line of Dialogue or Text
One would be hard-pressed to find a finer comic than Freedom Fighters #11.

Indexer Notes

Letters from Scott Gibson, Snapper Estes, and Mark Lamport.

Volume 78 Issue 6 - Week of February 6, 1978 (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Universal / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Sideshows of Doom
    Freedom Fighters
  2. 1. A Race For Life!
    AAU Shoes
  3. 2. Sideshows of Doom!
    Freedom Fighters
  4. 3. ["Remember how many times you felt left out because you were broke!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  5. 4. ["Get rich and famous."]
    Clark Candy Bars
  6. 5. ["Star Wars"]
  7. 6. Dilemma
    Hostess Twinkies; Wonder Woman
  8. 7. ["The strangest Showcase story in twenty-one years!"]
  9. 8. ["Satisfy your meat tooth."]
    Slim Jim
  10. 9. ["Fun Factory"]
  11. 10. ["Did you miss any of these fantastic DC tabloids?"]
  12. 11. ["Strong arms"]
    Mike Marvel
  13. 12. ["Fast track to a cool job!"]
    North American School of Motorcycle Repair
  14. 13. ["Can four super-speed super-stars defeat Gorilla Grodd?"]
  15. 14. ["Amazing World of DC Comics number 17 special Shazam! issue!!!"]
    Captain Marvel / Shazam!
  16. 15. ["Write Right Now!"]
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    American Circle Products
  18. 17. ["Make big money! This easy way!"]
  19. 18. ["Now you can read all about it in DC's new monthly newspaper Direct Currents"]
  20. 19. ["One would be hard-pressed to find a finer comic than Freedom Fighters #11."]
    Freedom Fanmail
  21. 20. Volume 78 Issue 6 - Week of February 6, 1978
    Daily Planet
  22. 21. ["Free booklet see your muscles grow day by day!"]
    Universal
  23. 22. ["Earn famous name prizes or cash the easy Olympic way!"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  24. 23. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
    American Seeds
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