(October 1939)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Editing:
Vincent Sullivan
Format:
Color; mostly Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age US size, Digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503; mostly Saddle-Stitched, Squarebound #390, 416, 491-503

Issue Notes

This is the first all-color issue.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer ?; Creig Flessel ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

Indexer Notes

Cover pencils credit from West Stephan (April 1, 2005); Guardineer inks credit added by Craig Delich 2-4-08 (Fred was doing full art only on covers at this time, not just pencils).


[Island Uprising] (Table of Contents)

The Sandman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bert Christman? (signed as Larry Dean]
Pencils:
Bert Christman
Inks:
Bert Christman
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; V: Red Hatch (I, D); Intro: Australia Nelson (a girl).
Synopsis:
The Sandman rescues a girl from natives on an isle in the South Seas, then prevents the massacre of her father and his party.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Credit updates 11/04 by Bob Hughes; synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-4-08.


[The Return of Fang Gow: Part 1] (Table of Contents)

Barry O'Neill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ed Winiarski
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski
Inks:
Ed Winiarski
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Barry O'Neill; V: Fang Gow.

[The Deadly Cough Medicine] (Table of Contents)

Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jerry Siegel
Pencils:
Wayne Boring
Inks:
Wayne Boring
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective-mystery
Characters:
Fisher (introduction, death)

The Poor Fish (Table of Contents)

Professor Doolittle / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Inks:
Bob Kane
Colors:
?
Letters:
Bob Kane?

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Professor Doolittle

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-4-08.


Test Dive (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Terry Keane (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

none (Table of Contents)

Butch the Pup / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Fred Schwab
Pencils:
Fred Schwab
Inks:
Fred Schwab
Colors:
?
Letters:
Fred Schwab

Content Information

Genre:
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters:
Butch

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-4-08.


[The Flying Dutchman: Part 4] (Table of Contents)

Socko Strong / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joseph Sulman (signed as Koppy)
Pencils:
Joseph Sulman (signed as Koppy)
Inks:
Joseph Sulman (signed as Koppy)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure; sports
Characters:
Socko Strong

[A Playboy In King Arthur's Court: Part 5] (Table of Contents)

Don Coyote / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Fred Schwab (signed as Stockton)
Pencils:
Fred Schwab (signed as Stockton)
Inks:
Fred Schwab (signed as Stockton)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Fred Schwab?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Don Coyote

Indexer Notes

Writer, art and letterer credits by Craig Delich 2-4-08; last appearance.


[Count Ogrloff's Dangerous Game: Part 1] (Table of Contents)

Captain Desmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ed Winiarski
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski
Inks:
Ed Winiarski
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Captain Desmo; V: Count Ogrloff (I); I: Miss Ogrloff (his daughter).

The Devil's Physician (Table of Contents)

Anchors Aweigh! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bart Tumey
Pencils:
Bart Tumey
Inks:
Bart Tumey
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
V: Dr. Merkel (I).

Indexer Notes

Title taken from last issue blurb.


[The General's Daughter] (Table of Contents)

Skip Schuyler / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Tom Hickey
Pencils:
Tom Hickey
Inks:
Tom Hickey
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Skip Schuyler; I: Lorraine Brent and Kent Morgan.

[The Menace of Chen Fu: Part 3] (Table of Contents)

Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Kane
Pencils:
Bob Kane
Inks:
Bob Kane
Colors:
?
Letters:
Bob Kane

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Rusty; V: Chen Fu.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-4-08.


The Revolt of the Pirates (Table of Contents)

Cotton Carver / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner F. Fox
Pencils:
Ogden Whitney
Inks:
Ogden Whitney
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Cotton Carver; V: Jagar; GS: King Marl; I: Deela.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [Island Uprising]
    The Sandman
  3. 2. [The Return of Fang Gow: Part 1]
    Barry O'Neill
  4. 3. [The Deadly Cough Medicine]
    Federal Men
  5. 4. The Poor Fish
    Professor Doolittle
  6. 5. Test Dive
  7. 6. none
    Butch the Pup
  8. 7. [The Flying Dutchman: Part 4]
    Socko Strong
  9. 8. [A Playboy In King Arthur's Court: Part 5]
    Don Coyote
  10. 9. [Count Ogrloff's Dangerous Game: Part 1]
    Captain Desmo
  11. 10. The Devil's Physician
    Anchors Aweigh!
  12. 11. [The General's Daughter]
    Skip Schuyler
  13. 12. [The Menace of Chen Fu: Part 3]
    Rusty and His Pals
  14. 13. The Revolt of the Pirates
    Cotton Carver
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