(January 1948)

DC, 1938 Series
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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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Win Mortimer
Inks:
Win Mortimer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Indexer Notes

Art id by Bob Hughes 8/05. Formerly Jack Burnley?


Barbed-Wire Boystown (Table of Contents)

Superboy / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Al Wenzel
Inks:
George Roussos ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superboy; Slick Lewis; Warden Smith; Socker; Red
Synopsis:
Superboy becomes temporary Warden of the State Reform School.

Indexer Notes

art id by Bob Hughes 7/07


The Magic Sword (Table of Contents)

Shining Knight / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Don Cameron
Pencils:
Chuck Winter
Inks:
Chuck Winter
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
vs. Archimago at Camelot; with Sir Butch of Beeler's Alley ; King Arthur
Synopsis:
The Archimago steals Excalibur.

Indexer Notes

This story follows the story to be printed in #132.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Little Lucy / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Phil Berube (signed)
Pencils:
Phil Berube (signed)
Inks:
Phil Berube (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
children; humor

A Black Eye For Bull's-Eye (Table of Contents)

Green Arrow / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
George Kashdan ?
Pencils:
George Papp
Inks:
George Papp
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Green Arrow; Speedy; Bull's-Eye

One Step To Death (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ted Rosen
Letters:
typeset

The Sea Serpent (Table of Contents)

Aquaman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Louis Cazeneuve
Inks:
Louis Cazeneuve
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Aquaman; Professor Ness; Professor Leach
Synopsis:
Professor Ness creates a super growth hormone, which creates sea serpents.

A Modern Cinderella (Table of Contents)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Finger?
Pencils:
Mort Meskin (layouts only?)
Inks:
George Roussos
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Johnny Quick; Ella Saunders; Mr. Jordan; Tommy; English Eddie; Marge
Synopsis:
Ella falls for Tommy, but is afraid he'll dump her when he finds out she's not rich, which he will because he's only after her money.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Barbed-Wire Boystown
    Superboy
  2. 2. The Magic Sword
    Shining Knight
  3. 3. [no title indexed]
    Little Lucy
  4. 4. A Black Eye For Bull's-Eye
    Green Arrow
  5. 5. One Step To Death
  6. 6. The Sea Serpent
    Aquaman
  7. 7. A Modern Cinderella
    Johnny Quick
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