(December 1967-January 1968)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1967-10-03
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Murray Boltinoff
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Ghost Riders!
Bob Hope / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Super-Hip [Tadwallader Jutefruce]; Coach Frank N. Stein; Dr. Van Pyre; Professor Wolfmann
- Keywords
- Bat-Signal; motorcycle gangs; motorcycles; penny farthing bicycles
Indexer Notes
Pencil and ink credits per Nealadams.com.
Here's a Whole Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- an ad for Honor House Products Corporation's novelties
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
The Ghost Riders of Gasoline Gulch!
Bob Hope / comic story / 21.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hitch up your Hondas
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bob Hope; Super-Hip [Tadwallader Jutefruce]; Lisa; Harvard-Harvard
- Synopsis
- Tad goes undercover in a motorcycle gang in order to aid the police.
Indexer Notes
Pencil and ink credits per Nealadams.com. Across 23 pages, but pages 8, 16, and 23 are 1/2 pages.
Get Mattel's Major Matt Mason
Major Matt Mason / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- an ad for Mattel's Major Matt Mason line of toys
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 4 of the main story sequence.
Ban Gloom!
Teen Beat / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- House ad for Teen Beat (DC, 1967 series) #1.
Credits from Bob Bailey based on conversation with Joe Orlando.
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately preceding page 5 of the main story sequence.
The Challengers of the Unknown Have Fought Every Kind of Foe...
Challengers of the Unknown / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Synopsis
- House ad for Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #59.
Indexer Notes
lower half of the page containing page 8 of the main story sequence
[no title indexed]
Comic Break / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Mort Drucker (signed as
Mort Drucker) - Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed as Mort Drucker)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed as Mort Drucker)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is your yacht available...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- four single panel gags
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 8 of the main story sequence.
New Things Are Coming from DC!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- a house ad for DC Comics
Indexer Notes
Upper half of the page before page 9 of the main story sequence.
Blast Through to the Fun That Can Last a Lifetime!
Tyco Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- an ad for Tyco models
Indexer Notes
On the lower half of page of the same page as the previous sequence.
[no title indexed]
Dig What's Coming; G. I. Combat / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff; ?
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff; Joe Kubert
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff; Joe Kubert
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff; Ira Schnapp
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Joe -- Get under cover!
- Genre
- humor; military
Indexer Notes
House ad for G. I. Combat (DC, 1957 series) #127 within a Boltinoff humor strip.
Includes reproduction of the cover; on the same page as page 16 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Ka-Bala / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
On the page immediately following page 16 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Bob's Gag Bag / text story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ? (logo illustration)
- Inks
- ? (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- a recreation of a Bob Hope stand-up comedy routine
Indexer Notes
on the page immediately preceding page 17 of the main story sequence
126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos
advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for a 126-piece plastic toy soldiers set; on the page between pages 21 and 22 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as
Henry Boltinoff) - Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed as Henry Boltinoff)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm going to make a handy holder for storage of all my tiny model parts!
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- How to make a storage container from a rubber ball.
Indexer Notes
Hint submitted by Miles Sweep of Drumheller, Canada; lower half of page 23 of the main story sequence.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (illustration); Gil Kane (illustration)
- Inks
- Neal Adams (illustration); Sid Greene (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- House ad for DC comics on sale in the first half of October; includes cover art for Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #143 and Green Lantern (DC, 1960 series) #57.
Bad News, Readers!
Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Synopsis
- House ad for Superman (DC, 1939 series) #202 [80 Page Giant #G-42], on sale October 17.
2 Neither Alive, nor Dead!
Deadman; The Spectre / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mike Sekowsky (illustration); Murphy Anderson (illustration); ?
- Inks
- George Roussos (illustration); Murphy Anderson (illustration); ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Synopsis
- House ad for Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) and The Spectre (DC, 1967 series).
Indexer Notes
inside back cover
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Ghost Riders!
Bob Hope -
1.
Here's a Whole Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products -
2.
The Ghost Riders of Gasoline Gulch!
Bob Hope -
3.
Get Mattel's Major Matt Mason
Major Matt Mason -
4.
Ban Gloom!
Teen Beat -
5.
The Challengers of the Unknown Have Fought Every Kind of Foe...
Challengers of the Unknown -
6.
["Is your yacht available..."]
Comic Break -
7.
New Things Are Coming from DC!
-
8.
Blast Through to the Fun That Can Last a Lifetime!
Tyco Toys -
9.
["Joe -- Get under cover!"]
Dig What's Coming; G. I. Combat -
10.
[no title indexed]
Ka-Bala -
11.
[no title indexed]
Bob's Gag Bag -
12.
126 World War II Fighting G.I.'s and Commandos
-
13.
["I'm going to make a handy holder for storage of all my tiny model parts!"]
Cap's Hobby Hints -
14.
[no title indexed]
Direct Currents -
15.
Bad News, Readers!
Superman -
16.
2 Neither Alive, nor Dead!
Deadman; The Spectre -
17.
A Great New Game...400 Years Old!
Skittle-Bowl; Aurora
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Gregory Fischer
- Darrel McCann
- Tony R. Rose
- Jason Sacks
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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