(1956)

Thorpe & Porter, 1956 Series
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Price
1/- [0-1-0 GBP]
Pages
68
On-sale Date
1956
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Strato Publications Ltd.

Killer Whale! (Table of Contents)

Blackhawk / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Chuck Cuidera
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Reprints

Look out for the Adventures of Biggles (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Biggles / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Killer Shark's Secret Weapon (Table of Contents: 2)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Chuck Cuidera
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
Blackhawks [Blackhawk; Hendrickson; Andre; Chuck; Stan; Olaf; Chop Chop]; Blackie; Killer Shark
Synopsis
Killer Shark returns, piloting a giant mechanical whale that he uses to capture the Blackhawks.

The Fastest Man on Earth (Table of Contents: 3)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
war
Characters
Major Hanley; Colonel Starr; Jensen

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Varsity Vic / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I told Lois I'd call her!
Genre
teen; humour
Characters
Varsity Vic

The Mutiny of the Red Sailors (Table of Contents: 5)

Blackhawk / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Bernstein (sourced)
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Chuck Cuidera
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Synopsis
The Blackhawks try to help a group of Communist defectors in Hong Kong, but they turn out to be saboteurs.

Indexer Notes

Bernstein credit per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-quality-writer-comes-to-dc.html.

The Threat from the Abyss! (Table of Contents: 6)

Blackhawk / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Bernstein (sourced)
Pencils
Dick Dillin
Inks
Chuck Cuidera
Letters
Sam Rosen ?

Genre
adventure; war; aviation; military; science fiction; superhero
Characters
Dr. Algov
Synopsis
The Blackhawks become deep sea divers to stop the menace of Dr. Algov, who has been destroying ships with atomic missiles launched from his submarine.

Indexer Notes

Bernstein script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2015/07/a-quality-writer-comes-to-dc.html.

Shorty (Table of Contents: 7)

Shorty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
These are some of my hunting trophies!
Genre
humour
Characters
Shorty

Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz (Table of Contents: 8)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Ruben Moreira
Inks
Ruben Moreira
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
non-fiction; teen
Characters
Buzzy Brown
Synopsis
Guess the famous book and author from a brief description of the plot.

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

The Painting That Betrayed Wonder Woman! (Table of Contents: 9)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Harry Peter
Inks
Harry Peter
Letters
Jim Wroten; Margaret Wroten

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman; Vincent Brian
Synopsis
Vincent Brian paints people as the really are, so when he does a portrait of Diana, it comes out as Wonder Woman.

Biggles (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Biggles / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Peg (Table of Contents: 11)

Peg / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've got this date tonight with Timmy...
Genre
humour; teen
Characters
Peg; Timmy

Marriage a la Mode! (Table of Contents: 12)

Marriage a la Mode! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz ?
Pencils
Morris Waldinger ?
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
During a marriage ceremony in Cambodia...
Genre
non-fiction
Keywords
Cambodia; China; Java; Sardinia

The Talking Robot Plane! (Table of Contents: 13)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Harry Peter
Inks
Harry Peter
Letters
Jim Wroten; Margaret Wroten

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman; Snatcher
Synopsis
Wonder Woman loans her plane to a museum where it brags to the other exhibits about its exploits.

Binky's Special Election Exhibit (Table of Contents: 14)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bob Oksner
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Binky
Synopsis
Binky identifies several ways in which teens can help increase voter participation in the presidential election of 1956, since they can't vote themselves.

Ancient Beauty Secrets (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Raymond Perry ?
Inks
Raymond Perry ?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

The Mystery of the Magnetic Footprints! (Table of Contents: 16)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Harry Peter
Inks
Harry Peter
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman; Rakko
Synopsis
Rakko uses magnetism to rivet Wonder Woman to one spot.

Mystery of the Vanishing Box! (Table of Contents: 17)

Wonder Woman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher (under house name Charles Moulton)
Pencils
Harry Peter
Inks
Harry Peter
Letters
Jim Wroten; Margaret Wroten

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman; Duke of Deception
Synopsis
Wonder Woman finds a mysterious box which keeps appearing and disappearing and has a warning on it never to open.

Lovers' Flowers (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
romance

Matt Slade Gunfighter (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Matt Slade, Gunfighter / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Wonderful Western Comics (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Killer Whale!
    Blackhawk
  2. 1. Look out for the Adventures of Biggles
    Biggles
  3. 2. Killer Shark's Secret Weapon
    Blackhawk
  4. 3. The Fastest Man on Earth
  5. 4. ["I told Lois I'd call her!"]
    Varsity Vic
  6. 5. The Mutiny of the Red Sailors
    Blackhawk
  7. 6. The Threat from the Abyss!
    Blackhawk
  8. 7. Shorty
    Shorty
  9. 8. Buzzy's "Famous Books" Quiz
    Buzzy
  10. 9. The Painting That Betrayed Wonder Woman!
    Wonder Woman
  11. 10. Biggles
    Biggles
  12. 11. Peg
    Peg
  13. 12. Marriage a la Mode!
    Marriage a la Mode!
  14. 13. The Talking Robot Plane!
    Wonder Woman
  15. 14. Binky's Special Election Exhibit
    Binky
  16. 15. Ancient Beauty Secrets
  17. 16. The Mystery of the Magnetic Footprints!
    Wonder Woman
  18. 17. Mystery of the Vanishing Box!
    Wonder Woman
  19. 18. Lovers' Flowers
  20. 19. Matt Slade Gunfighter
    Matt Slade, Gunfighter
  21. 20. Wonderful Western Comics
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Doug Brain
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Gary Henderson