(April-May 1953)

DC, 1949 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
bi-monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Comics Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Larry Nadle ? (actual)
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S; Later Standard Silver Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; was On-Going Series

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Peter Porkchops / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Otto Feuer
Inks:
Otto Feuer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Peter Porkchops; Wolfie

["Well, well! The junior genius is at work again!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Otto Feuer
Inks:
Otto Feuer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Peter Porkchops; Wolfie; Mayor Bloggs
Synopsis:
Wolfie steals Peter's rain-making formula so that he can he a hero and end the drought in their town, but it isn't perfected and so once it starts raining it doesn't stop.

["Why is a traffic cop the strongest man in the world?"] (Table of Contents)

Rudy Riddles / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Let's Name It / activity / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Synopsis:
quiz

Superman Is on Television! (Table of Contents)

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman

Indexer Notes

advertisement for the syndicated television show The Adventures of Superman


["Hey! What's the big idea?"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Otto Feuer
Inks:
Otto Feuer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Peter Porkchops; Wolfie
Synopsis:
After Wolfie's car and furniture are repossessed he needs someone to swindle in order to cheer himself up. He hires Peter to paint his house, but doesn't intend to pay for the job, so Peter takes his walls since they're painted and he can't pay.

["Gosh, they stopped Pud on the goal line again!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ray Thompson (signed)
Inks:
Ray Thompson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

["These five letters arranged properly..."] (Table of Contents)

Fun Shop / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Martin Naydel
Pencils:
Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks:
Martin Naydel
Colors:
?
Letters:
Martin Naydel ?

Content Information

Synopsis:
games and puzzles

["I sure am hungry!"] (Table of Contents)

Pinky and Winky / comic story / 4.67 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Winky; Pinky
Synopsis:
The boys try to win some money by entering a stray pup in the dog show, and Winky cheats as always.
Reprints:
  • in Mighty The 100 Page Comic! (K. G. Murray, 1957 series) #2 ([November 1957])

The Missing Lynx (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
? (illustration)
Inks:
? (illustration)
Colors:
? (illustration)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals

People Are People! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Lou Cameron
Inks:
Lou Cameron
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Superman
Synopsis:
Superman demonstrates that no race has a monopoly on performing good deeds.

Indexer Notes

promoting Brotherhood Week February 15-22; later appears in DC comics cover-dated December 1961


["Look out, Wolfie!"] (Table of Contents)

Peter Porkchops / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Otto Feuer
Inks:
Otto Feuer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Peter Porkchops; Wolfie
Synopsis:
Wolfie steals Peter's motorcycle but he doesn't get very far because it's really a trick motorcycle that belongs to Peter's friend Pongo the clown.

Now More Than Ever (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
James F. Davis
Inks:
James F. Davis
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals

Indexer Notes

house ad for Flippity & Flop (DC, 1951 series) #9


["For years I've been trying schemes on that Porkchops runt..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Otto Feuer
Inks:
Otto Feuer
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
funny animals
Characters:
Peter Porkchops; Wolfie
Synopsis:
Wolfie thinks he's swindled Peter into buying a fake gold bar, but he is then haunted by the "Spirit of Comic Books" (actually, ventriloquist Peter) and gives the money back.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. ["Well, well! The junior genius is at work again!"]
    Peter Porkchops
  2. 2. ["Why is a traffic cop the strongest man in the world?"]
    Rudy Riddles
  3. 3. [no title indexed]
    Let's Name It
  4. 4. Superman Is on Television!
    The Adventures of Superman
  5. 5. ["Hey! What's the big idea?"]
    Peter Porkchops
  6. 6. ["Gosh, they stopped Pud on the goal line again!"]
    Fleer's Dubble Bubble
  7. 7. ["These five letters arranged properly..."]
    Fun Shop
  8. 8. ["I sure am hungry!"]
    Pinky and Winky
  9. 9. The Missing Lynx
  10. 10. People Are People!
    Superman
  11. 11. ["Look out, Wolfie!"]
    Peter Porkchops
  12. 12. Now More Than Ever
    Flippity and Flop
  13. 13. ["For years I've been trying schemes on that Porkchops runt..."]
    Peter Porkchops
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Dwayne Best
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Steven Rowe
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Ed Boner