(July 2009)

DC, 2008 Series
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Price
2.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2009-05-13
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl]
Barcode
7619412649290 01511
Editing
Rachel Gluckstern

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Super Friends / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
J. Bone
Inks
J. Bone
Colors
J. Bone
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry] (inset; head shot); Batman [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent] (head shot); The Flash [Wally West] (head shot); Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Wonder Woman [Diana] (head shot); Green Lantern [John Stewart] (head shot)
Synopsis
J. Bone confirmed on 2009 April 27 that he colors his covers to this series.
Reprints
Keywords
all-ages

[Ads] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 4 pages (report information)

? / The Case of the Baffling Birthday (Table of Contents: 2)

Super Friends / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch
Pencils
J. Bone
Inks
J. Bone
Colors
Heroic Age
Letters
Travis Lanham

Genre
superhero
Characters
Super Friends [Batman [Bruce Wayne]; The Flash [Wally West]; Green Lantern [John Stewart]; Aquaman [Orin; Arthur Curry]; Wonder Woman [Diana]; Superman [Kal-El; Clark Kent]]; The Unknown (first appearance in this identity); Robin [Tim Drake] (see notes); Alfred Pennyworth (cameo); Bat-Hound (cameo); Bat-Mite
Synopsis
As his fellow Super Friends disappear one by one, Batman is presented with one of the strangest mysteries of his career.
Reprints
Keywords
all-ages

Indexer Notes

Story is broken into three chapters. Title is initially given as "?" and later revealed to be "The Case of the Baffling Birthday". // Kaye Daye (of Earth-One's Mystery Analysts of Gotham City) is referenced as a mystery novelist. Robin is not formally identified as Tim Drake in-story but he appears younger than The Flash, who has been established as Wally West, Dick Grayson's contemporary.

Copy-Bats (Table of Contents: 3)

Super Friends / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch
Pencils
J. Bone
Inks
J. Bone
Colors
?
Letters
Travis Lanham

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wonder Woman; Bat-Mite; Batman
Synopsis
Wonder Woman asks readers to identify the real Batman among close copies made by Bat-Mite.
Reprints
Keywords
all-ages

Indexer Notes

This sequence appears after Pg. 5 of Seq. 2.

[House Ads] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 8 pages (report information)

Secret Identity Dress-Up Kit (Table of Contents: 5)

Super Friends / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch
Pencils
J. Bone
Inks
J. Bone
Colors
?
Letters
Travis Lanham

Genre
superhero
Characters
Green Lantern [John Stewart]; The Flash [Wally West]
Synopsis
Readers are invited to cut out a figure of Wally West in his civilian clothes and outfit him in his Flash costume.
Reprints
Keywords
all-ages

Indexer Notes

This sequence appears after Pg. 10 of Seq. 2.

Happy Bat-Day! (Table of Contents: 6)

Super Friends / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch
Pencils
J. Bone (see notes)
Inks
J. Bone
Colors
?
Letters
Travis Lanham

Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman; Aquaman; Batman; Robin
Synopsis
Readers are informed that this year marks Batman's 70th anniversary, and presented with a cut-out illustration.
Keywords
all-ages

Indexer Notes

This sequence appears after Pg. 17 of Seq. 2. Illustration homages Carmine Infantino & Murphy Anderson's classic rooftop scene of the Dynamic Duo -- seen, among other places, on the dustjacket of Batman from the Thirties to the Seventies (Crown, 1971 series).

[Mxyzptlk's Picture Puzzles] (Table of Contents: 7)

Super Friends Super Stumper / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch
Pencils
Ty Templeton
Inks
Ty Templeton
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mister Mxyzptlk; Super Friends [Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman; Green Lantern; The Flash; Aquaman]
Keywords
all-ages

Indexer Notes

This sequence appears immediately after Seq. 6.

["Send Your Letters Today!"] (Table of Contents: 8)

Let the Mail Begin! / letters page / 1 page (report information)


Synopsis
Jonny DC answers readers' mail and displays artwork. Page also includes the Super Friends Secret Code key.

Indexer Notes

Letter writers are Jonah Eves, age 5; Cole H., age 11; Eve P., age 6; and Keira Stoeckig, age 6. Artwork is from Mohanad Huthyfa, age 8; Eves; Cole H.; and Stoeckig; plus a photo from Eve P.

["More Batman! More Supergirl! More Good Stuff!!"] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Jonny DC's DC in Demand! / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Super Friends
  2. 1. [Ads]
  3. 2. ? / The Case of the Baffling Birthday
    Super Friends
  4. 3. Copy-Bats
    Super Friends
  5. 4. [House Ads]
  6. 5. Secret Identity Dress-Up Kit
    Super Friends
  7. 6. Happy Bat-Day!
    Super Friends
  8. 7. [Mxyzptlk's Picture Puzzles]
    Super Friends Super Stumper
  9. 8. ["Send Your Letters Today!"]
    Let the Mail Begin!
  10. 9. ["More Batman! More Supergirl! More Good Stuff!!"]
    Jonny DC's DC in Demand!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Brian Saner Lamken
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Ivan Williams