(September-October 1949)

DC, 1948 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1949-07-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
A Superman DC Publication
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Game That Has No Winners (Table of Contents)

Mr. District Attorney / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Howard Purcell
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
detective-mystery; drama
Reprints
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Kodak / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Game That Has No Winners! (Table of Contents: 2)

Mr. District Attorney / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Philip Evans (credited as Phil Evans)
Pencils
Howard Purcell
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
detective-mystery; drama

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Evans' estate (Comics Buyers Guide, June 15, 1990). Evans did research into "carnival vernacular" and carnival rackets for this story.

Stan Musial (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Smokey the Fire-Preventing Bear Comes to the Rescue of Peter Porkchops (Table of Contents: 4)

Peter Porkchops / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
advocacy; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Peter Porkchops; Smokey the Bear

Barber of the Big House (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Barry
Inks
Dan Barry
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Bazooka the Atom Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Man Who Laughed at Bullets! (Table of Contents: 7)

Mr. District Attorney / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Howard Purcell
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
detective-mystery; drama

Indexer Notes

Herron script per Martin O'Hearns blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2018/

Watch for Wakely! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

The Case of the Disappearing Passenger! (Table of Contents: 9)

A Casebook Mystery / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
detective-mystery

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

Kellogg's Variety / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

The Crime File / text article / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Second Chance Farm! (Table of Contents: 13)

Mr. District Attorney / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Howard Purcell
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
detective-mystery; drama

Indexer Notes

Herron script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2018/

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

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

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

Schwinn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Game That Has No Winners
    Mr. District Attorney
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Kodak
  3. 2. The Game That Has No Winners!
    Mr. District Attorney
  4. 3. Stan Musial
    Wheaties
  5. 4. Smokey the Fire-Preventing Bear Comes to the Rescue of Peter Porkchops
    Peter Porkchops
  6. 5. Barber of the Big House
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Bazooka the Atom Bubble Gum
  8. 7. The Man Who Laughed at Bullets!
    Mr. District Attorney
  9. 8. Watch for Wakely!
    Jimmy Wakely
  10. 9. The Case of the Disappearing Passenger!
    A Casebook Mystery
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Variety
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    The Crime File
  13. 12. Editorial Advisory Board
  14. 13. Second Chance Farm!
    Mr. District Attorney
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Romance Trail
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Schwinn
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