(November 1952)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1952-10-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Captain Comet vs. Miss Universe! (Table of Contents)

Captain Comet / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ruben Moreira
Inks
Ruben Moreira
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stand back Miss Universe! I can handle this menace!
Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Captain Comet; Miss Universe

Buzzy Says "You Get What You Vote For!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, fellers, don't tell me the meeting's all over!
Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Buzzy Brown; Mr. Brown
Synopsis
Joe discovers you can't get what you want if you don't vote.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover; this PSA, produced in sequential-art comics style, later appeared in DC comics cover-dated January 1964

Captain Comet vs. Miss Universe! (Table of Contents: 2)

Captain Comet / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Murphy Anderson
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How times change! The newsmen used to lionize me that way!
Genre
superhero; science fiction
Characters
Captain Comet; Miss Universe; Professor Zackro
Synopsis
A super-powered girl from the year 100,000 arrives and shows up Captain Comet at every turn.

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

Lionel Trains / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Dubble Bubble Gum / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Gateway to the Future! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Bob Oksner
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
These are the amazing weapons of the future George Washington!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
George Washington; Captain Robert Trent
Synopsis
Captain Robert Trent is transported from the Revolutionary War into the future of 1952 where he gathers information on future technology to help George Washington's army in his own time. But when he returns, none of the future inventions work and Washington dismissed him as a madman.

Your Hair's Best Friend (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[Amoeba, Fahrenheit, Fossil] (Table of Contents: 8)

Scientific Word Origins / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Synopsis
Origins of the words "amoeba," "Fahrenheit," and "fossil."
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art attribution by Ger Apeldoorn.

Pen & Pencil Set! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Mankind's Greatest Inventions and Discoveries! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The discovery and use of fire...
Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Depiction of four of the greatest scientific discoveries in history, accompanied by a request for readers to send in their own lists of the four greatest discoveries.
Reprints

The Master of Mind over Matter! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
John Giunta
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fire that doesn't burn!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Elmo the Great; Derek Blake
Synopsis
Derek Blake discovers the secret of Elmo the Great's powers.
Reprints

[Around the World in One Hour and Twenty-Three Minutes!] (Table of Contents: 12)

Spotlight on Science / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (logo illustration)
Inks
? (logo illustration)
Colors
? (logo illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Have you ever wondered whether it would be possible to fire a shot from a cannon which...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science

New -- and Great! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

Big Features in One Big Book! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Mars -- on Channel 8! (Table of Contents: 15)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Sy Barry
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He had the only television set on Earth that could tune in on other worlds in space millions of miles away!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Bob Tarrant; Eric Mills
Synopsis
Bob Tarrant experiments with his television set until he can receive transmissions from Mars. When washed-up movie director Eric Mills learns about this he kills Tarrant so that he can use the Martian transmissions as the basis for a new movie. However, he finds out that the Martians were using Tarrant, and now him, to help them invade Earth.
Reprints
Keywords
aliens; Mars; Martians; teleportation

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Uncle Bernie's Fun Shop (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Novelty Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Get a Daisy and Get in on the Fun! (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Sheaffer's / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Captain Comet vs. Miss Universe!
    Captain Comet
  2. 1. Buzzy Says "You Get What You Vote For!"
    Buzzy
  3. 2. Captain Comet vs. Miss Universe!
    Captain Comet
  4. 3. ["Boys get that real R.R. engineer's thrill that comes only with Lionel trains"]
    Lionel Trains
  5. 4. ["Here comes that new kid..."]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  6. 5. Editorial Advisory Board
  7. 6. Gateway to the Future!
  8. 7. Your Hair's Best Friend
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  9. 8. [Amoeba, Fahrenheit, Fossil]
    Scientific Word Origins
  10. 9. Pen & Pencil Set!
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  11. 10. Mankind's Greatest Inventions and Discoveries!
  12. 11. The Master of Mind over Matter!
  13. 12. [Around the World in One Hour and Twenty-Three Minutes!]
    Spotlight on Science
  14. 13. New -- and Great!
    Big Town
  15. 14. Big Features in One Big Book!
    World's Finest Comics
  16. 15. Mars -- on Channel 8!
  17. 16. ["Enter the big Tootsie Roll contest now..."]
    Tootsie Roll
  18. 17. Uncle Bernie's Fun Shop
    Novelty Mart
  19. 18. Get a Daisy and Get in on the Fun!
    Daisy Air Rifles
  20. 19. ["The 2 best ways to fill a pen"]
    Sheaffer's
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Denys Howard
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mark Muller
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore