(June 1951)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
National Comics Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Julius Schwartz (actual)
Format:
Standard Golden Age, then Silver Age, then Modern US color comic; was ongoing series

The Origin of Captain Comet (Table of Contents)

Captain Comet / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Carmine Infantino
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain Comet

The Origin of Captain Comet (Table of Contents)

Captain Comet / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John Broome [as Edgar Ray Merritt]
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Bernard Sachs
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Captain Comet (intro, origin); Professor Zackro

Push-Button Paradise (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox (signed)
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Bernard Sachs
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

The Mad World (Table of Contents)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John Broome [as John Osgood]
Pencils:
Bob Oksner
Inks:
Joe Giella
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

Emergency Landing (Table of Contents)

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bill Schrieber (signed)
Inks:
Bill Schrieber (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; ad
Characters:
Captain Tootsie; Rollo

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

General Science Quiz / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Julius Schwartz
Pencils:
Raymond Perry
Inks:
Raymond Perry
Colors:
Raymond Perry ?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fact

The Exile of Space (Table of Contents)

Chris KL-99 / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Edmond Hamilton (signed)
Pencils:
Murphy Anderson
Inks:
Murphy Anderson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Chris KL99; Halk; Jerro
Reprinted:
  • in Pulp Fiction Library: Mystery in Space #[nn]([September] 1999)

[The Raincoat] (Table of Contents)

Professor Brainstorm / filler / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Irwin Hasen
Pencils:
Irwin Hasen
Inks:
Irwin Hasen
Colors:
?
Letters:
Irwin Hasen

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction; humor
Reprinted:
  • in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #12 (November-December 1956)

["C'mon, Robbie, I see two seats!"] (Table of Contents)

Robbie the Robot / filler / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Irwin Hasen
Pencils:
Irwin Hasen
Inks:
Irwin Hasen
Colors:
?
Letters:
Irwin Hasen

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction; humor
Reprinted:
  • in House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series) #53 (August 1956)
  • in Challengers of the Unknown (DC, 1958 series) #18 (February-March 1961)

Know Your Country (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Win Mortimer
Inks:
Win Mortimer
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Origin of Captain Comet
    Captain Comet
  2. 2. Push-Button Paradise
  3. 3. The Mad World
  4. 4. Emergency Landing
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
  5. 5. [no title indexed]
    General Science Quiz
  6. 6. The Exile of Space
    Chris KL-99
  7. 7. [The Raincoat]
    Professor Brainstorm
  8. 8. ["C'mon, Robbie, I see two seats!"]
    Robbie the Robot
  9. 9. Know Your Country
    Superboy
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gene Reed
  • Bob Hughes
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Mike Tiefenbacher
  • Arthur Lortie
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mark Gordon
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ed Boner
  • Bob Hughes