(February 1944)

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); Jack Schiff (actual)
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 is a Capt. Tootsie ad drawn by C.C. Beck.


[When the Prankster Meets Superman, Trouble Begins!] (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman; the Prankster
Reprints:

The Lost-and-Found Mystery (Table of Contents)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman [Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Perry White; G. Clamm; J. Roger; the Prankster.
Synopsis:
Clark and Lois are mystified by ads in the Daily Planet offering huge sums of money for the recovery of lost items. But Superman gets involved when Lois disappears, thanks to the Prankster!
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Blue "S" on cape. Credits by Bob Hughes 12/06. Previously credited to Sam Citron. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-9-07.


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

The Little Men Who Were There (Table of Contents)

Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
Inks:
Joe Kubert
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; western
Characters:
The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
Reprints:

[The Rain Maker] (Table of Contents)

Vitamin Vic / filler / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
teen humor
Characters:
Vitamin Vic

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 10-9-07; letterer credit added by Craig Delich 10-14-08.


Kangaroo Capers (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

none (Table of Contents)

Clancy the Cop / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Characters:
Clancy the Cop

Traitor's Bait (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 by Jerry Bails via Craig Delich 5/05.


none (Table of Contents)

Handy Andy / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Characters:
Handy Andy

Indexer Notes

Writer & letterer credits added by Craig Delich 10-9-07.


Revenge, Rationed (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Miller? (signed as Tod Mallon)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

East Meets West (Table of Contents)

Zatara / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
occult
Characters:
Zatara

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Lost-and-Found Mystery
    Superman
  2. 2. none
    Private Pete
  3. 3. The Little Men Who Were There
    Vigilante
  4. 4. [The Rain Maker]
    Vitamin Vic
  5. 5. Kangaroo Capers
    Congo Bill
  6. 6. none
    Clancy the Cop
  7. 7. Traitor's Bait
    Americommando
  8. 8. none
    Handy Andy
  9. 9. Revenge, Rationed
  10. 10. East Meets West
    Zatara
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