(Winter 1945)

DC, 1942 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.15 USD
Pages:
76
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
Gainlee Publishing Co.
Brand:
A Superman DC Publication
Editing:
Sheldon Mayer (editor) , Julius Schwartz, Ted Udall (story editors)
Format:
Color; Standard US Golden Age size; #1-10 cardboard covers; #1-41 squarebound, #42-63 saddle-stitched; glossy cover; newsprint interior; was ongoing series

none (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman; Flash; Green Lantern / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Everett E. Hibbard
Inks:
Everett E. Hibbard
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Green Lantern; the Flash; Wonder Woman.

The Underwater Folly (Table of Contents)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joyce Murchison
Pencils:
Harry G. Peter
Inks:
Harry G. Peter
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; Etta Candy; the Holliday Girls; Winsome Water Queens; Merry Mermaids; Paltro Debum (villain); Waldo (villain); Oxhead (villain); Fingers (villain); Stony (villain).
Synopsis:
Racketeers kidnap the Captain of a water polo team and forces that team to play dirty against the team of Etta Candy. Wonder Woman intervenes and is captured with her lasso, then she has her bracelets removed and is placed in Etta's polo team bus, and buried in quicklime.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04. Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-09.


Meat on the Hoof (Table of Contents)

Johnny Everyman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Daly
Inks:
John Daly
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Johnny Everyman

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revision from John Daly to ? by Craig Delich, updated 8/04.


And Then There Was One (Table of Contents)

Green Lantern / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Alfred Bester
Pencils:
Paul Reinman
Inks:
Paul Reinman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Green Lantern [Alan Scott]; Doiby Dickles; Solomon Grundy [Cyrus Gold](villain); Baron York (villain, D); the Professor (villain, D).
Synopsis:
One of the Tibetan Lamas that originally gave the Green Lamp to Alan Scott, appears to warn Master of Light of the return of his greatest foe: Solomon Grundy.

Indexer Notes

Some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-09.


Carl Akeley...He Brought Us Africa (Table of Contents)

Picture Stories From Natural History / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dennis Neville
Inks:
Dennis Neville
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Characters:
Carl Akeley

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich, updated 8/04.


The Corpse in the Shroud Lines (Table of Contents)

Hop Harrigan / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Pencils:
Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Inks:
Jon L. Blummer (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Jon L. Blummer

Content Information

Genre:
aviation
Characters:
Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker; Colonel Jamison; Papun Pongy; Shah of Majah; Sawba of Kantara (villain).
Synopsis:
Hop and Tank infiltrate the palace of a Shah who has evidence that the diplomat the duo are taking to a peace conference is actually a Japanese collaborator.

Indexer Notes

Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-09.


The Story of the First Santa Claus (Table of Contents)

The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Jon Chester Kozlak
Inks:
Jon Chester Kozlak
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Winky; Blinky; Noddy [all as the Three Dimwits]; the Liar's Club; Nick; Sam Snark (villain).
Synopsis:
At the annual Christmas dinner meeting of the Liar's Club, Jay Garrick tells the group how the Flash discovered Santa Claus!

Indexer Notes

Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-2-09.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Underwater Folly
    Wonder Woman
  2. 2. Meat on the Hoof
    Johnny Everyman
  3. 3. And Then There Was One
    Green Lantern
  4. 4. Carl Akeley...He Brought Us Africa
    Picture Stories From Natural History
  5. 5. The Corpse in the Shroud Lines
    Hop Harrigan
  6. 6. The Story of the First Santa Claus
    The Flash
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Per Sandell
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Gene Reed
  • Bob Hughes
  • James Ludwig
  • Jim Walls
  • Dwayne Best