(December-January 1951-52)

DC, 1948 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 editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Format:
Golden Age Comic Size; Color Covers and Interiors; Saddle-Stitched

Issue Notes

Editorial credit confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Johnny Thunder / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Johnny Thunder

Gold Hunters (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Marie Sarafianos
Pencils:
Raymond Perry
Inks:
Raymond Perry
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fact; western
Synopsis:
A short article about prospectors in the Old West.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.


Johnny Thunder's Strange Rival (Table of Contents)

Johnny Thunder / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Kanigher
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Sy Barry
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Johnny Thunder; White Mask
Synopsis:
Circumstances force John Tane to invent a new alter ego and become his own rival.

Out of This World (Table of Contents)

Necco Assorted Wafers / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Candy ad.

Boys! Girls! Free! at no extra cost! Plastic Rocket Rings! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for cereal premium avaiable in packages of Kellogg's Pep cereal.

Kids! Be the First in Your Gang to Collect Our New Series! (Table of Contents)

Royal Desserts / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Roy; Al; Alice
Synopsis:
Ad for scenes from Disney's Alice in Wonderland, appearing on the backs of Royal Dessert boxes.

The Buzzard of the Badlands (Table of Contents)

Overland Coach / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Tony Barrett

Goo, Skiddoo! (Table of Contents)

Vitalis Hair Cream / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
celebrity
Characters:
Bert Parks
Synopsis:
Ad for hair tonic.

Now! Be an Expert on Indian Skills and Crafts! (Table of Contents)

Nabisco Shredded Wheat / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Straight Arrow
Synopsis:
Ad for Secrets of Indian Lore and Know-How, a booklet available for 15 cents and a Nabisco Shredded Wheat boxtop.

Iroquois, the People of the Long House (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mort Drucker
Pencils:
Mort Drucker
Inks:
Mort Drucker
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western
Reprinted:
  • in All-Star Western (DC, 1951 series) #117 (February-March 1961)

Desert Pictures (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
George Herrick
Pencils:
Raymond Perry
Inks:
Raymond Perry
Colors:
Raymond Perry
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
fact; western
Synopsis:
An article about Navaho sand painting.

Getting an Erector is like having your own Toy Factory (Table of Contents)

Gilbert Hall of Science / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for the World's Greatest Construction Toy.

Four-Footed Trooper (Table of Contents)

Foley of the Fighting Fifth / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John Broome
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Sy Barry
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Lt. Dan Foley
Reprinted:
  • in Century Comic (K. G. Murray, 1961 series) #65

Captain Tootsie Bags Mountain Lion (Table of Contents)

Captain Tootsie / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Schreiber
Pencils:
Bill Schreiber
Inks:
Bill Schreiber
Colors:
?
Letters:
Bill Schreiber

Content Information

Genre:
adventure
Characters:
Captain Tootsie
Synopsis:
Ad for Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops and a ball point pen available for 10 Tootsie wrappers.

Indexer Notes

Appears between pages 5 and 6 of Foley story.


"Rain! That Reminds me!" (Table of Contents)

Wildroot Liquid Cream Shampoo / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for Wildroot Liquid Cream Shampoo.

Here it is fellas! send for it NOW! The Greatest Railroad Show on Earth! (Table of Contents)

Lionel Trains / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for the new Lionel Train Catalog plus 10 plastic billboards to put near your model train track.

["It's spooky in this old haunted house."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Ray Thompson
Pencils:
Ray Thompson
Inks:
Ray Thompson
Colors:
?
Letters:
Ray Thompson

Content Information

Synopsis:
Bubble gum ad.

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents)

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Synopsis:
A list of DC's advisory board members plus a list of currently published comics. Thirty-seven titles are listed. Also a plug for A Date with Judy seen on Saturday mornings on ABC-TV.

["Speakin' of Christmas, Pardner..."] (Table of Contents)

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Fred Harman
Inks:
Fred Harman
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western
Characters:
Red Ryder; Little Beaver
Synopsis:
Ad for the Daisy 1000-Shot Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine and other models of Daisy Air Rifles.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.


What Sparks a Champion Sparks You (Table of Contents)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
sports
Characters:
Otto Graham
Synopsis:
Wheaties cereal ad.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Gold Hunters
  2. 2. Johnny Thunder's Strange Rival
    Johnny Thunder
  3. 3. Out of This World
    Necco Assorted Wafers
  4. 4. Boys! Girls! Free! at no extra cost! Plastic Rocket Rings!
    Kellogg's Pep
  5. 5. Kids! Be the First in Your Gang to Collect Our New Series!
    Royal Desserts
  6. 6. The Buzzard of the Badlands
    Overland Coach
  7. 7. Goo, Skiddoo!
    Vitalis Hair Cream
  8. 8. Now! Be an Expert on Indian Skills and Crafts!
    Nabisco Shredded Wheat
  9. 9. Iroquois, the People of the Long House
  10. 10. Desert Pictures
  11. 11. Getting an Erector is like having your own Toy Factory
    Gilbert Hall of Science
  12. 12. Four-Footed Trooper
    Foley of the Fighting Fifth
  13. 13. Captain Tootsie Bags Mountain Lion
    Captain Tootsie
  14. 14. "Rain! That Reminds me!"
    Wildroot Liquid Cream Shampoo
  15. 15. Here it is fellas! send for it NOW! The Greatest Railroad Show on Earth!
    Lionel Trains
  16. 16. ["It's spooky in this old haunted house."]
    Fleer's Dubble Bubble
  17. 17. Editorial Advisory Board
    DC Comics
  18. 18. ["Speakin' of Christmas, Pardner..."]
    Daisy Air Rifles
  19. 19. What Sparks a Champion Sparks You
    Wheaties
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Gene Reed
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