(April-May 1948)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.15
- Pages:
- 80
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Sheldon Mayer; Julius Schwartz (story editor); Robert Kanigher (story editor)
- Format:
- Color; Standard US Golden Age size; #1-10 cardboard covers; #1-41 squarebound, #42-63 saddle-stitched; glossy cover; newsprint interior; was ongoing series
Issue Notes
This issue contains an ad for the Junior Justice Society of America.
[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)
Wonder Woman; Flash; Green Lantern / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- Bob Oksner
- Inks:
- Bob Oksner
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Flash; Green Lantern; Wonder Woman
Indexer Notes
Cover inks credit from Craig Delich, updated August 2004.
Deception's Daughter (Table of Contents)
Wonder Woman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils:
- Harry G. Peter
- Inks:
- Harry G. Peter
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Wonder Woman [Diana Prince]; Steve Trevor; General Darnell; Lya (villain); Duke of Deception (villain); Wonder Woman imposter (villain).
- Synopsis:
- When Womnder Woman intercepts a Martian spacecraft from crashing to Earth, out steps the daughter of the Duke of Deception. She captures Wonder Woman and forces her to build an underground base from which Lya intends to return to Mars and overthrow her father.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich, up-dated 8/04. Some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.
none (Table of Contents)
Mutt and Jeff / filler / 5 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
- Pencils:
- Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
- Inks:
- Al Smith (signed as Bud Fisher)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Al Smith
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Mutt; Jeff.
Indexer Notes
Newspaper reprints. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.
Doorway into Time (Table of Contents)
Johnny Peril / comic story / 8 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Howard Purcell
- Pencils:
- Howard Purcell
- Inks:
- Howard Purcell
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- fantasy
- Characters:
- Johnny Peril; Lewis; Queen Terah of Shan (D); Akim; Ramor (villain).
- Synopsis:
- Johnny finds a man in southern Utah that claims to have walked through a stone arch, which transported him back in time to a city called Shan, where he was forced to compete in the arena. He won his freedom as well as the love of the Queen.
Indexer Notes
Story is re-told in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #106, April-May 1968, Sequence 1. Some info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.
Forecast: Danger (Table of Contents)
Green Lantern / comic story / 12 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Kanigher?
- Pencils:
- Alexander Toth
- Inks:
- Alexander Toth
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Green Lantern [Alan Scott].
- Synopsis:
- Green Lantern has a hard time convincing a young man to follow in his father's footsteps as a meteorologist until a storm threatens a ship carrying his fiancee.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich, up-dated 8/04. Alan Scott works for radio station WXYZ in this issue. Doiby does NOT appear in this story. Notes, some info and modified synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.
[The Mysterious Box] (Table of Contents)
Cotton-Top Katie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)
- Pencils:
- Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)
- Inks:
- Harry Lampert (signed as Harrielle)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Harry Lampert
Content Information
- Genre:
- teen humor
- Characters:
- Cotton-Top Katie; The Perfessor.
Indexer Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 9-6-09.
Riddle of the Useless Thefts (Table of Contents)
Hop Harrigan / comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Jon L. Blummer
- Pencils:
- Arthur F. Peddy (signed)
- Inks:
- Bernard Sachs (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- aviation
- Characters:
- Hop Harrigan; Tank Tinker.
Indexer Notes
Writer credit by Craig Delich, up-dated 8/04.
Getting Away With Murder (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Ted Udall (signed)
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
Crime Has Many Faces (Table of Contents)
The Flash / comic story / 13 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils:
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks:
- Carmine Infantino
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Flash [Jay Garrick]; Joan Williams; Martin Taylor.
- Synopsis:
- The Flash takes a man back ten years on a trip through time to show him how his carelessness has caused death and destruction over the years.
Indexer Notes
Inker credit by Craig Delich, updated 8/04.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Deception's Daughter
Wonder Woman -
2.
none
Mutt and Jeff -
3.
Doorway into Time
Johnny Peril -
4.
Forecast: Danger
Green Lantern -
5.
[The Mysterious Box]
Cotton-Top Katie -
6.
Riddle of the Useless Thefts
Hop Harrigan -
7.
Getting Away With Murder
-
8.
Crime Has Many Faces
The Flash
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- Bob Hughes
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