(September 1951)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
52
Indicia frequency:
mnthly
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

Issue Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007). Credits for fillers confirmed from copies of editorial records sent to Gene Reed from Nelson Bridwell in 1986.


The Girl from the Diamond Planet! (Table of Contents)

Captain Comet / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Gil Kane
Inks:
Gil Kane
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

The Girl From the Diamond Planet (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
John Broome
Pencils:
Murphy Anderson
Inks:
Murphy Anderson
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

Indexer Notes

cover story


["Professor Brainstorm, I have constructed a rocket that will travel to the moon!'] (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:
humor; science fiction
Reprinted:
  • in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #16 (August 1957) [under feature titled Brainstorm]

The Brain Masters of Polaris (Table of Contents)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John Broome [as John Osgood]
Pencils:
Alex Toth (signed)
Inks:
Sy Barry (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Reprinted:
  • In From Beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #2 (December-January 1969-1970)

Sideways in Time (Table of Contents)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Miller
Pencils:
Mel Keefer
Inks:
Bernard Sachs
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

["We've been here all day, Robbie"] (Table of Contents)

Robbie the Robot / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor; science fiction
Characters:
Robbie
Reprinted:
  • in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #89 (February 1958)
  • in Mystery in Space (DC, 1951 series) #92 (June 1964)

Old Folks Are People, Too! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Win Mortimer
Inks:
Win Mortimer
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ira Schnapp

Down to Earth! (Table of Contents)

General Science Quiz / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
fact

Exiled from Earth (Table of Contents)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Bernard Sachs
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

[It's estimated that the microscopic floating vegetation in ocean water] (Table of Contents)

Science Snaps / filler / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
fact
Reprinted:
  • in Strange Adventures (DC, 195 series) #94 (July 1958)

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Girl From the Diamond Planet
    Captain Comet
  2. 2. ["Professor Brainstorm, I have constructed a rocket that will travel to the moon!']
    Professor Brainstorm
  3. 3. The Brain Masters of Polaris
  4. 4. Sideways in Time
  5. 5. ["We've been here all day, Robbie"]
    Robbie the Robot
  6. 6. Old Folks Are People, Too!
    Buzzy
  7. 7. Down to Earth!
    General Science Quiz
  8. 8. Exiled from Earth
  9. 9. [It's estimated that the microscopic floating vegetation in ocean water]
    Science Snaps
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Per Sandell
  • Gene Reed
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Mike Tiefenbacher
  • Arthur Lortie
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mark Gordon
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ed Boner
  • Bob Hughes