(April-May 1952)

DC, 1951 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
Superman DC National Comics
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Format:
Color; Standard Golden & Silver Age US; Saddle-Stitched; Newsprint; Ongoing

Issue Notes

some information supplied by Arthur Lortie

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

Be Sure Of Your Facts (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Jack Schiff
Pencils:
Win Mortimer
Inks:
Win Mortimer
Letters:
Gaspar Saladino

Content Information

Genre:
teen; humor

Challenge of the Robot Knight (Table of Contents)

Knights of the Galaxy / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Robert Kanigher [as Dion Anthony]
Pencils:
Carmine Infantino
Inks:
Joe Giella
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
R-41; Lyle; Ora; Commader Artho
Synopsis:
Ora disguises herself as a robot on the theory that even a robot will face less discrimination than a woman, when she applies to join the Knights of the Galaxy.
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Indexer Notes

Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.


["Gee, a new boy!"] (Table of Contents)

Pud / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ray T (signed)
Inks:
Ray T (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
children

Indexer Notes

ad for Double Bubble gum


The Man Who Weighed Twenty Tons (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John Broome [as John Osgood]
Pencils:
Murphy Anderson
Inks:
Bernard Sachs
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.


[Go Exploring in a Haunted House] (Table of Contents)

Lucky Ludens / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
children

Indexer Notes

ad for Luden's cough drops


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

House of Mystery / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

ad for House of Mystery #3


The Case of the Counterfeit Humans (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3.75 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox (signed)
Pencils:
John Giunta (signed)
Inks:
John Giunta
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
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Jupiter (Table of Contents)

What Do You Know About / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
fact

How to Measure the Moon's Diameter (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Julius Schwartz
Pencils:
Morris Waldinger?
Inks:
Tommy Nicolosi?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
fact

The World Where Dreams Come True (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Mann Rubin (signed)
Pencils:
Alex Toth
Inks:
Sy Barry
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
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Indexer Notes

Last Alex Toth art for DC for 10 years (and for Julius Schwartz forever). Writer and art credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 4 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

ads for Vitalis,Necco wafers, Wildroot cream oil, Wilson Charm Co. Art Instruction Inc, Wheaties (featuring Gretchen Fraser)


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Be Sure Of Your Facts
    Buzzy
  2. 2. Challenge of the Robot Knight
    Knights of the Galaxy
  3. 3. ["Gee, a new boy!"]
    Pud
  4. 4. The Man Who Weighed Twenty Tons
  5. 5. [Go Exploring in a Haunted House]
    Lucky Ludens
  6. 6. [no title indexed]
    House of Mystery
  7. 7. The Case of the Counterfeit Humans
  8. 8. Jupiter
    What Do You Know About
  9. 9. How to Measure the Moon's Diameter
  10. 10. The World Where Dreams Come True
  11. 11. [no title indexed]
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