(February-March 1955)

DC, 1953 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1954-12-19
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.

Space Travelers! (Table of Contents)

Peter Panda / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
children; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Jane; Jimmy; Peter Panda
Keywords
Milky Way; outer space

Now More Than Ever (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
various (illustrations)
Inks
various (illustrations)
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; house ad for DC comics; includes cover art for My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1956 series) #1; Superboy (DC, 1949 series) #38; Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 series) #76; Peter Porkchops (DC, 1949 series) #34

Space Travelers! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp ?

Genre
children; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Jane; Jimmy; Peter Panda
Synopsis
Jimmy builds a rocket from a model kit and he and Jane fly off in it, landing on a nearby movie set that they think is the moon.

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

The Runaway! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children
Characters
Stanley
Synopsis
Tired to being laughed at by all the farm animals because he is afraid of crows, Stanley runs away from home but finds that the outside world if even more frightening.

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

Fun Shop / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel
Pencils
Martin Naydel
Inks
Martin Naydel
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Riddle: What can be found all over the house?

Bridge Games! (Table of Contents: 6)

Peter Panda / comic story / 3.75 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Foxy Dan; Jane; Jimmy; Peter Panda; Bertram Beaver
Synopsis
Foxy Dan blows up a bridge so that he can build a new one and charge a toll to cross it.
Keywords
dynamite

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1954
Owners: National Comics Publications, Inc., H. Donenfeld, J.S. Liebowitz, P.H. Sampliner, G, Donenfeld, R. Liebowitz, S.U. Sampliner, J.S. Liebowitz & A.I. Menin as Trustees for I. Donenfeld and S. Donenfeld, A.I. Menin & J.I. Golinko as Trustees for L. Liebowitz and J. Liebowitz, A. Donenfeld, F. Iger, H. Donenfeld Foundation, Inc., I. Donenfeld, all at 480 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N.Y.

Binky's Special Christmas Quiz -- "Christmas In Many Lands!" (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Ruben Moreira
Inks
Ruben Moreira
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
non-fiction; advocacy; teen
Synopsis
short information on global Christmas customs accompanied by illustrations

Indexer Notes

published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly; later appears in DC comics cover-dated February 1964

Three's a Crowd! (Table of Contents: 9)

Hop, Skip and Jump / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Hop; Skip; Jump; Mrs. Blue Jay; Wilmot Weasel
Synopsis
The frogs help Mrs. Blue Jay get her egg back from Wilmot Weasel.

Memory Test (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Raymond Perry (illustration)
Inks
Raymond Perry (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Danny Dotto / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel
Pencils
Martin Naydel
Inks
Martin Naydel
Colors
?
Letters
Martin Naydel ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With your pencil conect all the dots, beginning at 1...

Indexer Notes

connect-the-dots puzzle

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Paging Mr. Gulliver! (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Jane; Jimmy; Peter Panda
Synopsis
Jimmy scoffs at the story of Gulliver in Lilliput, but later he dreams that he is captured and imprisoned by the Lilliputians.
Keywords
dream; Gulliver's Travels; Lilliput

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

Cheerful Card Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Motor's Auto Repair Manual / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Fashion Frocks, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Space Travelers!
    Peter Panda
  2. 1. Now More Than Ever
  3. 2. Space Travelers!
    Peter Panda
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. The Runaway!
    Stanley the Timid Scarecrow
  6. 5. ["Riddle: What can be found all over the house?"]
    Fun Shop
  7. 6. Bridge Games!
    Peter Panda
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
  9. 8. Binky's Special Christmas Quiz -- "Christmas In Many Lands!"
    Binky
  10. 9. Three's a Crowd!
    Hop, Skip and Jump
  11. 10. Memory Test
  12. 11. ["With your pencil conect all the dots, beginning at 1..."]
    Danny Dotto
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  14. 13. Paging Mr. Gulliver!
    Peter Panda
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Cheerful Card Company
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Motor's Auto Repair Manual
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Fashion Frocks, Inc.
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