(December 1952)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1952-10-27
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.

The Hot Rod Tank! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
war

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Novelty Mart / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Hot Rod Tank! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war

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

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

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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

Genre
advocacy; superhero
Characters
Superman
Synopsis
Superman convinces a group of children to contribute their movie money to UNICEF.

Buy Your Way Out! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller
Pencils
Ed Smalle
Inks
Ed Smalle
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Miller script per Martin O'Hearn's blog: http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2015/09/star-spangled-war-writers-before.…

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was good to get away from camp...
Genre
humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

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

Shorty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do you see what I see?
Genre
humor
Reprints

The Ugly Duckling of Company D (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ramona Fradon
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
war

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

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

The Secret Admiral (Table of Contents: 13)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller (credited as Capt. Jack Morton)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; war

Zeroed In! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
war

Now More Than Ever- (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Bob Hope / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Private Pete / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whew! Cleaning up the area is some job!
Genre
humor; military
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Cracker Jack / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Hot Rod Tank!
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Novelty Mart
  3. 2. The Hot Rod Tank!
  4. 3. ["Whoopee! This is the real wild West!"]
    Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
  5. 4. Editorial Advisory Board
  6. 5. Superman Shows How UNICEF Spells Help for the Children of the World!
    Superman
  7. 6. Buy Your Way Out!
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  9. 8. ["It was good to get away from camp..."]
    Private Pete
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  11. 10. ["Do you see what I see?"]
    Shorty
  12. 11. The Ugly Duckling of Company D
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  14. 13. The Secret Admiral
  15. 14. Zeroed In!
  16. 15. Now More Than Ever-
    The Adventures of Bob Hope
  17. 16. ["Whew! Cleaning up the area is some job!"]
    Private Pete
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Cracker Jack
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