Peter Panda #1

(August-September 1953)

The Line of Stars (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

various (illustrations)

Inks:

various (illustrations)

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; house ad for DC comics

The Magic Rainbow! Part I (Table of Contents)

Peter Panda / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Rube Grossman

Inks:

Rube Grossman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; fantasy

Characters:

Peter Panda; Hop; Skip; Jump; Professor Oswald Owl; Mandy Turtle

Synopsis:

Peter follows a rainbow to find the pot of gold at its end.

A Sprint in Time Spikes Crime (Table of Contents)

P.F. Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Jim Wise

Synopsis:

Jim and his young friend foil a truck hijacking.

Indexer Notes

comic strip ad for B.F. Goodrich's and Hood Rubber Company's P.F. canvas shoes

["Your turn to bat, Pud."] (Table of Contents)

Fleer's Dubble Bubble / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ray Thompson (signed)

Inks:

Ray Thompson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children

Indexer Notes

comic strip ad for Fleer's Double Bubble bubble gum

Polio Research Will Mean Victory! (Table of Contents)

public service announcement / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (illustrations)

Inks:

? (illustrations)

Colors:

? (illustrations)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis

The Magic Rainbow! Part II (Table of Contents)

Peter Panda / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Rube Grossman

Inks:

Rube Grossman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; fantasy

Characters:

Peter Panda; Jimmy; Jane; Foxy Dan; Beulah Butterfly; Thorndike Termite

Synopsis:

Foxy Dan captures Peter and two children who were also looking for the gold, but they all escape.

Victory by Deception (Table of Contents)

Major Mars; Popsicles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Sam Glankoff (signed)

Inks:

Sam Glankoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Characters:

Major Mars; Doctor Exton

Synopsis:

Major Mars rescues a kidnapped scientist.

Indexer Notes

comics strip ad for Popsicles from the Joe Lowe Corporation

How to Spend a Summer Week! (Table of Contents)

Binky / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Schiff

Pencils:

Win Mortimer

Inks:

Win Mortimer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Binky Biggs

Synopsis:

Binky's friend misses out on lots of summer fun by finding excuses not to do anything.

Indexer Notes

Published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly.
Later appeared in DC comics cover-dated October 1956.

The Magic Rainbow! Part III (Table of Contents)

Peter Panda / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Rube Grossman

Inks:

Rube Grossman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; fantasy

Characters:

Peter Panda; Jane; Jimmy; Foxy Dan; Professor Oswald Owl; Hop; Skip; Jump

Synopsis:

When Foxy Dan pursues Peter, Jane, and Jimmy to try to get the gold, they run away over the rainbow, but drop the gold in the process.

Peter Panda's Troubles (Table of Contents)

Peter Panda / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Raymond Perry ? (illustration)

Inks:

Raymond Perry ? (illustration)

Colors:

? (illustration)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

children; fantasy

["Secretary birds are the cobra-killers of Africa!"] (Table of Contents)

Nature Wonderland / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Martin Naydel ?

Pencils:

Martin Naydel

Inks:

Martin Naydel

Colors:

?

Letters:

Martin Naydel ?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Synopsis:

fun facts

Something to Crow About! (Table of Contents)

Stanley the Timid Scarecrow / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Rube Grossman

Inks:

Rube Grossman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

children; fantasy

Characters:

Stanley Scarecrow; Pop Scarecrow

Synopsis:

Stanley's dad tells him that he's supposed to scare crows, but Stanley doesn't really know what a crow looks like.