(June-July 1952)

DC, 1951 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:
Color; Standard Golden & Silver Age US; Saddle-Stitched; Newsprint; Ongoing

Issue Notes

some information provided by Arthur Lortie

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Who Will Be the Future Masters of Earth? (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Bob Oksner ?
Inks:
Bernard Sachs ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction

Hop On the Welfare Wagon (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
superhero

It's A Woman's World! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John Broome [as John Osgood]
Pencils:
Bob Oksner
Inks:
Bernard Sachs
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Greg Dexter; Martha Thawn; Nora; Captain Stella Wyle
Synopsis:
Greg Dexter lives in a time when women were in charge and men were fit only for housework. He battles to become the first Rocket Cadet and heroically saves a mission to stop the wandering planet Thebor.
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Indexer Notes

Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics (April 2007).


["Boy He's Excited!"] (Table of Contents)

Pud / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

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

Indexer Notes

Double Bubble gum ad


Earth--The Forbidden Planet (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Gardner Fox (signed)
Pencils:
Murphy Anderson
Inks:
Sy Barry
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Synopsis:
Rand Tal, an archaeologist from the planet Slann, accidentally lands on Earth, which has been forbidden to all space explorers for some unknown reason.
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The Crossed-Up Car Crook (Table of Contents)

Jim Wise / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Indexer Notes

PF Flyer ad


The Rotation of Stars (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
fact
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Venus? (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

Lives of A Rocket Lancer (Table of Contents)

Knights of the Galaxy / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
science fiction
Characters:
Lyle; Ora: Commander Artho; Zal-Du
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Meteor Menace In Space (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
fact
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1.33 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

House ad for Action Comics and House of Mystery. 1/3 page Ad for Superman 76. Superman and Batman together. On sale March 7th.


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 3.67 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

ads for Wildroot Creame Oil, Necco Wafers, Wheaties, Daisy Air Rifles.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Hop On the Welfare Wagon
    Superman
  2. 2. It's A Woman's World!
  3. 3. ["Boy He's Excited!"]
    Pud
  4. 4. Earth--The Forbidden Planet
  5. 5. The Crossed-Up Car Crook
    Jim Wise
  6. 6. The Rotation of Stars
  7. 7. Venus?
    What Do You Know About
  8. 8. Lives of A Rocket Lancer
    Knights of the Galaxy
  9. 9. Meteor Menace In Space
  10. 10. [no title indexed]
  11. 11. [no title indexed]
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