- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils
- Win Mortimer
- Inks
- Win Mortimer
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's been wonderful being with you these past few weeks. I've learned so much about America...
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Binky; Cosette; Allergy; Lucy
- Synopsis
- Cosette returns to France with a greater understanding of American families.
- Keywords
- societal and cultural awareness
Black and white on inside front cover.
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Sy Barry; Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look behind you! Is your shadow still with you -- or has it stolen away and become The Killer Shadow!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Phantom Stranger; Myra Hunter; John Neville
- Synopsis
- Guardian John Neville tries to drive his wealthy ward Myra Hunter crazy to get his hands on her money. Neville pretends to steal her shadow, then disguises himself as Myra's shadow and attacks her. The Phantom Stranger sets things straight.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- fear; shadows
Reprint info from Mark Waid.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as R. T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as R. T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ray Thompson (signed as R. T.)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Put this box of Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum in the vault -
- Characters
- Pud; other kids; bank teller; bank robber
- Synopsis
- Pud deposits his box of Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum in a bank vault and foils a bank robbery at the same time.
- Keywords
- bank deposit; bank robbery; bubble gum; product-spawned heroics
Ad for Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum, featuring "Pud", a kid resembling "Tubby" from Little Lulu. Top half of page.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The following magazines all bear this trademark as your guarantee of the best in comics reading
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- A list of DC's advisory board members plus a list of currently published comics. Thirty-nine titles are listed. Also a plug for "A Date with Judy" broadcast Saturday mornings on ABC-TV.
- Keywords
- 1950s social and political issues; anti-comic-book crusades; comic book house ads; TV show
DC Comics house ad touting "Superman-DC-National Comics" as quality reading. The ad is comprised of a list of doctors and other consultants that make up the DC Comics Editorial Advisory Board, followed by a list of (presumably) all the titles published at the time by DC. Fashioned in response to the real-life 1950s crusade against comic books. Shares space with a panel advertising the "A Date with Judy" television program. Lower half of page.
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He didn't know who he was -- or where he came from -- or why he was destined to serve as... Death's Strange Deputy!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Phantom Stranger; Velie; Adam; District Attorney Caldwell
- Synopsis
- Evil magician Velie uses the help of a hypnotized deputy district attorney to murder D.A. Caldwell. The Phantom Stranger steps in and thwarts the plot.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- murder; wizardry
Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo, March 2019. Previous indexer credited Bernard Sachs.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To reach the moon, a speed of 7 miles per second is needed in order to break Earth's gravitational pull.
- Characters
- astronaut
- Synopsis
- Ad for Necco Assorted Wafers in two comic panels. Lower third of page.
- Keywords
- astronomy; candy
- Script
- Jack Miller
- Pencils
- John Giunta (credited as Jay Gee)
- Inks
- John Giunta (credited as Jay Gee)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Joe Kennedy daringly forecast his own death -- and then tried to prevent it from coming true!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Joe Kennedy; copy editor; fishing buddy
- Synopsis
- Newspaper obituary writer Joe Kennedy plans to fake his own death, but actually drowns.
- Keywords
- best-laid-plans; drowning; faking-own-death; newspaper; obituary
- Script
- Jack Miller
- Pencils
- John Giunta (signed)
- Inks
- John Giunta (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On land, on sea, in the air -- no matter where he fled -- he couldn't escape the vengeance of -- The Haunting Wind!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dan Russell; Jim Nelson; guide; airplane pilot; night-shift factory workers
- Synopsis
- After stealing a ruby ring that once belonged to a wind-god from a high mountain tomb in Tibet, mountain explorers Dan Russell and Jim Nelson are cursed to die by a vengeful wind. Jim Nelson is immediately blown off a peak to his death. Dan Russell, with the stolen ring, makes it back to the United States intact. But, can he ever be truly safe from the wind-god's curse?
- Reprints
- Keywords
- ancient treasure; curse; mountains; mystery; revenge; Tibet; tomb; wind gusts; wind-god
The stone of the "ruby ring" is colored green.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Your Hair's Best Friend!"
- Characters
- teenage boy; father; mother
- Synopsis
- The concerned father of a teenage boy with a "bird's-nest" of hair wonders aloud: "I wish he'd get interested in a girl and start using Wildroot Cream-Oil"
- Keywords
- 1950s teenagers; hair products
Ad for Wildroot Cream-Oil. Ad copy is accompanied by a magazine-cartooning illustration of a teenage boy walking around with a "bird's-nest" of hair, while his concerned parents look on. Lower third of page.
- Script
- Mort Drucker
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker
- Inks
- Mort Drucker
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the 13th Century, the English scholar and scientist, Roger Bacon, conceived the idea of enclosing England with a wall, making the country inaccessible to any invader...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Roger Bacon; servant; talking head (bust)
- Synopsis
- 13th century English scientist Roger Bacon experiences a vision, but misses the one moment it becomes a reality.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- 13th Century; border wall; England; lightning; statue bust; vision
Script and art credits changed from Morris Waldinger by Gene Reed based on comparisons with Drucker's known work from this period and due to the fact that Waldinger's fillers do not appear in Schwartz-edited comics until late 1953. Drucker is also credited as having worked on the comic in The Comic Reader #27, July 1964.
- Script
- Jack Miller
- Pencils
- Raymond Perry
- Inks
- Raymond Perry
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Strange, inexplicable events continue to occur...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Several anecdotes that defy logical explanation.
- Keywords
- coincidences
Includes an anecdote on Winston Churchill.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jerry Grandenetti; Gil Kane (illustrations)
- Inks
- Jerry Grandenetti; Joe Giella (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You'll thrill to trigger-fast action with America's hard-bitten fighting men as they blast their way across far-flung battle fronts for the Stars and Stripes!
- Genre
- war
- Keywords
- comic book house ads
DC Comics house ad for All-American Men of War #128 and Our Army at War #33. The covers of each magazine are pictured.
- Script
- John Broome
- Pencils
- Carmine Infantino
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia; Joe Giella
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The next time you take a walk on the night of the full moon -- keep a sharp lookout -- and then start running if you see -- "The Three Signs of Evil!"
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- The Phantom Stranger; Mark Davis (artist); members of the Moon Cult (villains); NYC police officer
- Synopsis
- The Phantom Stranger and artist Mark Davis tackle a cult of evil assassins who have staked-out three locations in New York City as places where ceremonies and a human sacrifice will give them great powers - Columbus Circle, Times Square, and Washington Square Park.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- artist; Columbus Circle; human sacrifice; Manhattan; murder cult; New York City; sketchbook; Times Square; Washington Square Park
Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Sy Barry. Reprint info from Mark Waid.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How would you like to win one of these dandy prizes? IT'S EASY! Any child between six and sixteen has a chance.
- Keywords
- candy; contest; fill-in-the-blank
Ad for Tootsie Rolls and Tootsie Pops with rules for entering the Tootsie Rolls Contest. Prizes are offered.
"Complete the statement (in 25 words or less) 'I like Tootsie Rolls (or Tootsie Pops) because _______'. On a plain sheet of paper -- write or print CLEARLY your name, street and number, city or town, state - and your age. Send entry, accompanied with 5 wrappers from either TOOTSIE ROLLS or TOOTSIE POPS".
On final interior page of the comic.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- NOW - Whether you're a beginner or an expert mechanic - you can "Breeze Through" any auto repair job!
- Keywords
- auto repair; mail order marketing
Ad for a comprehensive automobile repair manual. "Covers every job on every car built from 1935 thru 1952" Black and white ad on inside back cover.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To celebrate their 75th anniversary as "America's First" bicycles, the 1952 Columbias have all the finest features possible at the lowest possible price.
- Keywords
- 75th anniversary; bicycles
Ad for Columbia Bicycles built by The Westfield Manufacturing Company of Westfield MA, celebrating their 75th anniversary with their 1952 models. Color ad on back cover.