(September-October 1945)

DC, 1936 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Detective Comics, Inc.
Brand:
A Superman DC Publication
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Format:
Color; Standard U.S. Golden Age (8" X 10") size, 9-11 paper covers, 12 on: slick covers

Issue Notes

Craig Delich says this cover is by Henry Boltinoff. Art id as Joe Shuster by Bob Hughes. Gene Reed believes this cover drawn by Stan Kaye as evidenced by the dog that appears on many of Stan Kaye's covers.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Joe Shuster ? [see notes]
Inks:
Marvin Stein ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jim; Jerry
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Indexer Notes

Craig Delich says this cover is by Henry Boltinoff. Art identification as Joe Shuster by Bob Hughes. Gene Reed believes the cover to be pencilled by Stan Kaye as evidenced by the dog that appears on many of Stan Kaye's covers.


Miracle of the Mistaken Miser (Table of Contents)

Green Arrow / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson ?
Pencils:
Maurice del Bourgo
Inks:
Maurice del Bourgo
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]

Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Bob Hughes.


The Million-Dollar Marbles Tournament! (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (signed)
Inks:
Marvin Stein
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Jim; Jerry; Mr. Plummer (owner of Plummer Plastics); Withers (Plummer's partner)
Synopsis:
Superboy uses the idea of a marbles tournament to help recover a secret formula and sample of an amazing plastic sent to Plummer Plastics by the inventor on his death bed.
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Indexer Notes

Writer identification by Martin O'Hearn. Clark Kent does not wear glasses.


Hearse for Hoodlums (Table of Contents)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson?
Pencils:
Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.]
Inks:
Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Tubby Watts

Indexer Notes

writer id by Bob Hughes


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Scuffy the Tramp / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Lit-Win
Pencils:
Lit-Win
Inks:
Lit-Win
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor

Dressed to Kill (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Whitney Ellsworth [as Fred Whitby]
Letters:
typeset

Figures Don't Lie (Table of Contents)

Dover and Clover / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor

Be-Kind-to-Whales Week (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Louis Cazeneuve
Inks:
Louis Cazeneuve
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Aquaman [Arthur Curry]

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Miracle of the Mistaken Miser
    Green Arrow
  2. 2. The Million-Dollar Marbles Tournament!
    Superboy
  3. 3. Hearse for Hoodlums
    Johnny Quick
  4. 4. [no title indexed]
    Scuffy the Tramp
  5. 5. Dressed to Kill
  6. 6. Figures Don't Lie
    Dover and Clover
  7. 7. Be-Kind-to-Whales Week
    Aquaman
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Craig Delich
  • Per Sandell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gene Reed
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gene Reed
  • Lou Mougin
  • Pat Lang
  • Bob Hughes