(April 1945)
- 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
Hocus and Pocus...Magicians by Accident!
Superman / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel (signed)
- Pencils:
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Inks:
- Joe Shuster (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superman [Clark Kent]; Hocus [Doc]; Pocus [Flannelhead]; Hijack Dorley
- Synopsis:
- A pair of would-be magicians believe they have magicial powers, and a crime boss sees them 'perform', intending on using those abilities for make him some quick illegal cash!
- Reprints:
Indexer Notes
Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-21-07.
Custom Tailored Crime
Hayfoot Henry / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Thurston Harper
- Inks:
- Thurston Harper
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective; humor
- Characters:
- Hayfoot Henry
Indexer Notes
Art credits by Jerry Bails. Writer credit revised from Alvin Schwartz to ? by Craig Delich 10-23-08. The Who's Who states that Schwartz wrote this strip from 1946-48.
Wild Horses
Congo Bill / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- John Daly
- Inks:
- John Daly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- jungle
- Characters:
- Congo Bill
Indexer Notes
John Daly verified as artist [rather than Howard Sherman, who drew it in 1945] by Craig Delich 10-23-08.
In the Soup
text story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Ted Udall? (signed as Ted Loury)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
none
The Boners / filler / 0.5 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Lit-Win (pen name)
- Inks:
- Lit-Win (pen name)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
A Fortune for a Fossil
The Vigilante / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils:
- Mort Meskin (signed as Mort Morton Jr.)
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- western
- Characters:
- The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]
The Innocent Thief
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.
Hocus and Pocus...Magicians by Accident!
Superman -
2.
Custom Tailored Crime
Hayfoot Henry -
3.
Wild Horses
Congo Bill -
4.
In the Soup
-
5.
none
The Boners -
6.
A Fortune for a Fossil
The Vigilante -
7.
The Innocent Thief
Zatara
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- Tony R. Rose
- Merlin Haas
- Daniel Thingvold
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- 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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