(October 1952)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1952-08-27
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Binky Asks "What Do You Know About Other People?" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Binky Biggs; Allergy Biggs; Lucy Biggs; Mr. Biggs; Mrs. Biggs
Synopsis
The French exchange student that has been living with Binky's family teaches them a lesson about how people from other cultures see each other.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Mission -- San Marino (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Stan Kaye ?; John Fischetti ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Inks: original indexer states Kaye; Bob Bailey states Fischetti.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Out of This World; Necco / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Shorty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Everybody has girls' names tattooed on his chest!
Genre
humor
Reprints

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Private Pete / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmm, it looks like the captain is stuck.
Genre
humor; military
Reprints

War Correspondent (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jay McArdle
Inks
Jay McArdle
Colors
?
Letters
?

2 More Great Magazines! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

All-American Men of War; Our Army at War / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Shorty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Henry Boltinoff

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow - This aircraft carrier is big
Genre
humor
Reprints

Eager Beaver Benson! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Sherman
Inks
Howard Sherman
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Wildroot Cream-Oil / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Way to a GI's Heart (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller (credited as Lieut. Jack Macklin)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

We Got There Before D-Day! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Jerry Grandenetti
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war

Indexer Notes

This story is supposedly written by Robert Kanigher, however he didn't become the editor until much later (September 1953?).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Binky Asks "What Do You Know About Other People?"
    Binky
  3. 2. Mission -- San Marino
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Out of This World; Necco
  5. 4. ["Put this box of Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum in the vault..."]
    Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
  6. 5. ["Everybody has girls' names tattooed on his chest!"]
    Shorty
  7. 6. Editorial Advisory Board
  8. 7. ["Hmm, it looks like the captain is stuck."]
    Private Pete
  9. 8. War Correspondent
  10. 9. 2 More Great Magazines!
    All-American Men of War; Our Army at War
  11. 10. ["Wow - This aircraft carrier is big"]
    Shorty
  12. 11. Eager Beaver Benson!
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  14. 13. The Way to a GI's Heart
  15. 14. We Got There Before D-Day!
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
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