(October-November 1954)

DC, 1953 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1954-08-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Larry Nadle (actual editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Peter Panda / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Colors
?
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Peter Panda
Keywords
elephants
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Buzzy Has the Answer to "School Blues!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Buzzy Brown
Synopsis
Buzzy tries to convince his friend Joe not to drop out of school.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly

A Visit to Holidayland! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Jane; Jimmy; Peter Panda
Synopsis
Peter takes Jane and Jimmy to a place whee every day is a holiday but they find they don't like it as much as they thought they would.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Dragon Daze! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Jane; Jimmy; Peter Panda
Synopsis
Peter and the kids meet a dragon, but it turns out to be a dream of Jimmy's.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Fleer's Dubble Bubble; Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Make Mine Adventure! (Table of Contents: 7)

Peter Panda / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Jane; Jimmy; Peter Panda
Synopsis
Jane and Jimmy want to run away from home in search of adventure.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Flyin' High! (Table of Contents: 9)

Stanley the Timid Scarecrow / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Stanley Scarecrow; Philbert Pig
Synopsis
Philbert tries to scare Stanley with a giant balloon in the shape of a crow.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Michey Mars...and His Space Zoo / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel
Pencils
Martin Naydel
Inks
Martin Naydel
Colors
?
Letters
Martin Naydel ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Martian Greep can't run at all...

Indexer Notes

jigsaw puzzle

The Fabulous Fawn (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Raymond Perry (illustration)
Inks
Raymond Perry (illustration)
Colors
? (illustration)
Letters
typeset
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

Moon Trouble! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
children; fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Jane; Jimmy; Peter Panda; Man in the Moon; Henrietta
Synopsis
When the Man in the Moon falls to Earth, Peter tries to find a way to get him back home.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Peter Panda
  2. 1. Buzzy Has the Answer to "School Blues!"
    Buzzy
  3. 2. A Visit to Holidayland!
    Peter Panda
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. Dragon Daze!
    Peter Panda
  6. 5. ["Look - There's Ruffy!"]
    Fleer's Dubble Bubble; Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids
  7. 6. Editorial Advisory Board
  8. 7. Make Mine Adventure!
    Peter Panda
  9. 8. ["Millions of readers know..."]
    Peter Porkchops
  10. 9. Flyin' High!
    Stanley the Timid Scarecrow
  11. 10. ["The Martian Greep can't run at all..."]
    Michey Mars...and His Space Zoo
  12. 11. The Fabulous Fawn
  13. 12. Moon Trouble!
    Peter Panda
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn
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