(December 1938)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10
Pages:
68
Editing:
Vincent Sullivan
Format: 
Color; Standard Format; Saddle-stitched; ongoing monthly series (format changed several times)

Table of Contents

  1. 1. [Superman Joins the Circus]
    Superman
  2. 2. none
    Chuck Dawson
  3. 3. [The County Football Championship]
    Pep Morgan
  4. 4. none
    Sport Data
  5. 5. none
    Coyote Canyon Bill
  6. 6. none
    Adventures of Marco Polo
  7. 7. none
    The Diddle Family
  8. 8. Jungle Episode
  9. 9. Double Trouble [Part 2]
    Tex Thomson
  10. 10. none
    Now You Know
  11. 11. [The Five Point Bank Holdup]
    Scoop Scanlon. Five Star Reporter
  12. 12. Zulu Diamond Mine
    Zatara Master Magacian
  13. 13. filler
    Thrills
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Klein
  • Jon Ingersoll
  • Diverse Hands
  • Brian Mowbray
  • John Greb
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Carlos Tasada
  • John Douglas Miceli
  • Kyle Weber
  • Terry Watkins
  • Allen Ross
  • Jerry Hillegas
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Bob Hughes
  • Darrel McCann
  • Ed Boner
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none (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Joe Shuster
Inks:
Joe Shuster
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman
Reprinted:
  • in Superman From the Thirties to the Eighties (Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 series) #nn
  • In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1.

[Superman Joins the Circus] (Table of Contents)

Superman / story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel (signed as Jerome Siegel)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks:
Joe Shuster; Paul Lauretta?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Paul Lauretta

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman ]Clark Kent]; Lois Lane; Curly; George Taylor (unnamed); Jordan; V: Derek Niles.
Synopsis:
The Jordan Circus is having a rough go of it and the promisory notes are coming due, so Superman decides to join the circus to help it pay off those notes and get it back into the black.
Reprinted:
  • In Superman: The Action Comics Archives (DC, 1997 series) #1.

Indexer Notes

Wears yellow boots, "S" symbol is all yellow; synopsis added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Chuck Dawson / story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)
Inks:
Homer Fleming (signed as H. Fleming)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Chuck Dawson

[The County Football Championship] (Table of Contents)

Pep Morgan / story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (signed as Gene Baxter)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Pep Morgan

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-9-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Sport Data / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
George Papp
Pencils:
George Papp
Inks:
George Papp
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
sports

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Coyote Canyon Bill / filler / 0.66 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Fred Schwab
Pencils:
Fred Schwab
Inks:
Fred Schwab
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
gag
Characters:
Bill

Indexer Notes

Ad for Siegel and Shuster School of Humor on page. Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Adventures of Marco Polo / story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sven Elven
Inks:
Sven Elven
Colors:
?
Letters:
Sven Elven

Content Information

Genre:
Period
Characters:
Marco Polo

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

none (Table of Contents)

The Diddle Family / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Paul Gustavson
Pencils:
Paul Gustavson
Inks:
Paul Gustavson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
family
Characters:
Diddle Family

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

Jungle Episode (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Richard Martin (signed)
Pencils:
? (spot illos)
Inks:
? (spot illos)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
jungle

Double Trouble [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

Tex Thomson / story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ken Fitch?
Pencils:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Baily (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Bernard Baily

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Tex Thomson

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 8-6-08.

none (Table of Contents)

Now You Know / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact

[The Five Point Bank Holdup] (Table of Contents)

Scoop Scanlon. Five Star Reporter / story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Will Ely (signed)
Inks:
Will Ely (signed)
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Scoop Scanlon

Zulu Diamond Mine (Table of Contents)

Zatara Master Magacian / story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Fred Guardineer
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer
Inks:
Fred Guardineer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
occult
Characters:
Zatara; Tong.

filler (Table of Contents)

Thrills / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gil Kesson
Inks:
Gil Kesson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western

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