(July-August 1948)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- National Comics Publications, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Mort Weisinger (actual editor)
- Format:
- standard newsstand comic
Issue Notes
all art credits verified with Eddy Zeno's Curt Swan checklist in Comic Book Marketplace 57.
The Zoo of the Future!
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Cameron?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- John Fischetti?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
- Characters:
- Rip Carter; Dr.Zotyl; Brooklyn; Tex
- Synopsis:
- Rip Carter dreams he and two of the boys are transported to the future to help gather animals for an Inter World Zoo.
The Unluckiest Guy in the World!
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure
- Characters:
- Brooklyn; Rip Carter; Mr. Peg; Tex; Andre; Crazy-Quilt (villain); Unique Jinx Club
- Synopsis:
- Brooklyn breaks a mirror and the resultant bad luck puts him in line for the electric chair.
["Jumpin' jive! Look at that handsome hunk of man on our campus!"]
Peg / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
- Characters:
- Peg; Betty
The Long Road of Science
text article / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
Keeper of the Big Cage!
The Boy Commandos / comic story / 12 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Curt Swan
- Inks:
- Steve Brodie?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- war
- Characters:
- Brooklyn; Rip Carter; Tex; Andre; Warden Sharkey (dies); Milton Conway; Bull Cantrell
- Synopsis:
- Rip is named temporary prison warden in order to straighten out the mess by the last warden who was murdered.
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Lit-Win
- Pencils:
- Lit-Win
- Inks:
- Lit-Win
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
[Jerry, I'd like to ask a favor]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils:
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks:
- Henry Boltinoff
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Henry Boltinoff
Content Information
- Genre:
- gag
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
The Zoo of the Future!
The Boy Commandos -
2.
The Unluckiest Guy in the World!
The Boy Commandos -
3.
["Jumpin' jive! Look at that handsome hunk of man on our campus!"]
Peg -
4.
The Long Road of Science
-
5.
Keeper of the Big Cage!
The Boy Commandos -
6.
[no title indexed]
Daffy & Doodle -
7.
[Jerry, I'd like to ask a favor]
Jerry the Jitterbug
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Peter Croome
- Dan Kocher
- Mike Nielsen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Lou Mougin
- Dan Kocher
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Tony R. Rose
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