(October 1947)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
- 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
The Great Hobby Contest
Superboy / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Al Wenzel
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superboy [Clark Kent]
- Reprints:
-
in The Adventures of Superboy (DC, 2010 series) #[nn] (June 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils identification by Bob Hughes, July 2007; inks identification by Gene Reed, April 2011, based on comparisons with Kaye's other known work at this time.
The Great Hobby Contest!
Superboy / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Cameron [as Jerry Siegel] (signed)
- Pencils:
- Al Wenzel [as Joe Shuster] (signed)
- Inks:
- George Roussos
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Superboy [Clark Kent]; Orville Orville; Bobby; Pete; Teddy; Mary; Titus Canby (a millionaire); President Antvar (President of a small European country)
- Synopsis:
- Orville Orville, the richest and most spoiled youngster in town, tries to win every division of a hobby contest, using his father's money to accomplish it, and to win a coveted trip around the world.
- Reprints:
- in The Adventures of Superboy (DC, 2010 series) #[nn] (June 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Art identification by Bob Hughes (July 2007). Clark Kent lives in "a small town". Story also takes place after World War II.
Shades of John Paul Jones
Aquaman / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- George Kashdan
- Pencils:
- John Daly
- Inks:
- John Daly
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry]; John Paul Jones
- Synopsis:
- Aquaman time travels to the days of the American Revolution.
Indexer Notes
In the American Revolution, maybe a dream.
Menace of the Crimson Arrows
Green Arrow / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Cameron
- Pencils:
- George Papp
- Inks:
- George Papp
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crimson Arrow Gang (villains)
The Saga of a Sword
Shining Knight / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Chuck Winter
- Inks:
- Chuck Winter
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
Indexer Notes
Story narrated by Excalibur.
The 9th Wonder of the World!
Johnny Quick / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Bill Finger
- Pencils:
- Mort Meskin
- Inks:
- George Roussos
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Johnny Quick [Johnny Chambers]; Tubby Watts; Pal the Wonder Dog; Mel Mitchum
- Synopsis:
- After a fire destroys the entire print run of the hit comic, 8th Wonder, Johnny Quick redraws, inks, letters, engraves the plates, prints the entire comic using a handpress and then paints the colors into every single copy by hand in one night.
- Reprints:
- in The Flash (DC, 1959 series) #232 (March-April 1975)
-
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Great Hobby Contest
Superboy -
1.
The Great Hobby Contest!
Superboy -
2.
Shades of John Paul Jones
Aquaman -
3.
Menace of the Crimson Arrows
Green Arrow -
4.
The Saga of a Sword
Shining Knight -
5.
The 9th Wonder of the World!
Johnny Quick
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed
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- Mike Tiefenbacher
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- Jon Ingersoll
- Dan Kocher
- Bob Hughes
- Ted Watson
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- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Dwayne Best
- Lou Mazzella
- R. J. Roper
- Ed Boner
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