(August 1944)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; Saddle-stitched (Squarebound #334, 347, 360, 373, 437, 443, 449); ongoing series
Aesop's Modern Fables
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ? (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; Perry White; Johnny Aesop
- Synopsis:
- An escaped prisoner named Johnny Aesop, ribbed when he was younger about his last name, decides to commit crimes based on the ancient fables to gain wealth and notoriety.
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-14-07.
The Baseball Barrage
Hayfoot Henry / filler / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective; humor
- Characters:
- Hayfoot Henry
Indexer Notes
Writer credit revised from Alvin Schwartz to ? and pencil credit revised from Stan Kaye? to ? by Craig Delich 10-21-08. The Who's Who lists Schwartz as writer only in 1946-48 and Kaye as inker only in 1944.
Blunderbuss Booty
Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mort Meskin
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- The Vigilante; The Dummy (villain)
[no title indexed]
Chief Hot Foot / filler / 0.66 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
- Characters:
- Chief Hot Foot
Indexer Notes
Writer credit added by Craig Delich 10-14-07.
Money Talks
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jack Miller [signed as Jesse Merlan]
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
Frame Up in Fur
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Edwin Smalle
- Inks:
- Edwin Smalle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- jungle
- Characters:
- Congo Bill
The Sting of Death
Zatara / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- William F. White?
- Inks:
- William F. White?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- occult
- Characters:
- Zatara
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Aesop's Modern Fables
Superman -
2.
The Baseball Barrage
Hayfoot Henry -
3.
Blunderbuss Booty
Vigilante -
4.
[no title indexed]
Chief Hot Foot -
5.
Money Talks
-
6.
Frame Up in Fur
Congo Bill -
7.
The Sting of Death
Zatara
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Peter Croome
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
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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