(November 1972)

DC, 1969 Series
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Volume
4
Price
0.20 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1972-09-12
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Periodical Publications Inc.
Brand
DC [circle]
Editing
Murray Boltinoff (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #88.

Happy Deathday, Sweet 16 (Table of Contents)

The Three Witches / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nick Cardy
Inks
Nick Cardy
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-1515
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Ervin Davis; Mindy
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits from The Art of Nick Cardy (John Coates, Vanguard Productions, 2001).

[Introduction] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Three Witches / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Adrian Gonzales ?
Inks
Adrian Gonzales ?
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Letterese

Job Number
B-1343
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cynthia; Mildred; Mordred
Synopsis
One night the three witches have a contest to find out who is the most evil.

Indexer Notes

No credits.

A Grave Undertaking! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Three Witches / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Carl Wessler
Pencils
Jim Aparo (signed)
Inks
Jim Aparo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Aparo

Job Number
B-957
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Joe Knowles; Jessica Knowles (his wife); Mordred (story host); Stan Stevens
Reprints

Gee, Billy - Did You Really Sculpt And Paint All These Statues? (Table of Contents: 3)

Chip-Away sets / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Genre
children
Characters
four kids (including Billy)
Synopsis
Billy is apparently sculpting in front of his friends, but they all have a laugh when they see he's really using the Kenner Chip-Away Set.

Indexer Notes

Ad for Chip-Away sculpture sets from Kenner. No credits.

Heads and Tale (Table of Contents: 4)

The Three Witches / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Jerry Grandenetti
Colors
?
Letters
John Costanza

Job Number
B-946
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Cynthia; hunter; his wife; Mildred; Mordred
Synopsis
One stormy night Cynthia, Mildred and Mordred find refuge in a hunter's home and are greeted by the wife who shows them her husband's exhibits which includes the hunter's head after he was killed by a rhino.

Indexer Notes

No credits.

The Insult That Made A Man Out of "Mac" (Table of Contents: 5)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?

Genre
teen
Characters
bully; girl; Mac
Synopsis
On the beach, skinny Mac is ridiculed by a bully in front of a girl. Angry, he reads the Charles Atlas book and later fights back against the bully.

Indexer Notes

Ad for Charles Atlas' "How Dynamic-Tension Makes You A New Man" book. No credits.

Death's Dread Dirge! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Three Witches / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gerry Talaoc
Inks
Gerry Talaoc
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
B-1228
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Colonel Haskin; Cynthia (story host); Sergeant Bryan Lawlor
Reprints

Indexer Notes

No credits.

Happy Deathday, Sweet 16! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Three Witches / comic story / 8.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Payne (signed)
Inks
Bill Payne (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Payne

Job Number
B-1365
Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
Danton Davis; his wife Dorkas Davis; his son Ervin Davis; Charles; his wife Louise; his daughter Mindy (sweet-sixteen girl); his son Peter; Mildred (story host)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The word "Birth" is crossed out and replaced with "Death." Page 9 is 2/3 of a page.

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

Witch-Ful Thinking / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Murray Boltinoff
Pencils
Neal Adams (Cynthia text header)
Inks
Neal Adams (Cynthia text header)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
B-1513

Indexer Notes

Letters from Dick Anderson, Cal Shawn, and Harry McGain.

I'm Sick and Tired of My Job! (Table of Contents: 9)

The C.I.E. (Cleveland Institute of Electronics) / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
? (graytones)
Letters
?
Editing
?

Characters
two married couples [Helen; Jim are mentioned]
Keywords
employment

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for the C.I.E. (Cleveland Institute of Electronics) training. No credits.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Happy Deathday, Sweet 16
    The Three Witches
  2. 1. [Introduction]
    The Three Witches
  3. 2. A Grave Undertaking!
    The Three Witches
  4. 3. Gee, Billy - Did You Really Sculpt And Paint All These Statues?
    Chip-Away sets
  5. 4. Heads and Tale
    The Three Witches
  6. 5. The Insult That Made A Man Out of "Mac"
  7. 6. Death's Dread Dirge!
    The Three Witches
  8. 7. Happy Deathday, Sweet 16!
    The Three Witches
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Witch-Ful Thinking
  10. 9. I'm Sick and Tired of My Job!
    The C.I.E. (Cleveland Institute of Electronics)
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