(January 1953)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1952-11-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Comics Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Superman DC National Comics
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Master Art Helper Company / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Devil's Island in Space!
Captain Comet / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Comet; Mag-a-til; Prof. Zackro
- Synopsis
- The ruling Septarch of the planet Lamia have chosen Earth as the place to exile their incorrigible criminals. But after the criminals steal a hydrogen bomb to fule their spacecraft in order to return to Lamia, Captain Comet tracks down the aliens and returns them to Lamia as prisoners.
- Reprints
-
in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) (1990 [January 1991]) - in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1992 series) ([May] 1992)
-
in Fantomet (Semic, 1976 series) #3/1993 ([9. februar] 1993)
-
[no title indexed]
Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Inks
- Ray Thompson (signed as Ray T.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you make this jump...
- Genre
- children
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
Indexer Notes
Includes a plug for The Adventures of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!
Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; superhero
[Planets, Climate, Vitamin]
Scientific Word Origins... / cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
-
in Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (K. G. Murray, 1957 series) #10 ([March 1959]) - in My Greatest Adventure (DC, 1955 series) #36 (October 1959)
-
Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"
Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; advocacy; teen
Collector's Item!
comic story / 3.67 pages
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Adrian Hammer; Mr. Jones; 4LX
- Synopsis
- Adrian Hammer has a complete collection of insects but when he hears a tale of a new giant spider he travels to a island to see for himself.
- Reprints
- in The Unexpected (DC, 1968 series) #107 (June-July 1968)
- in Lynvingen (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #1/1970 ([januar] 1970)
-
in Die Grüne Laterne (BSV - Williams, 1975 series) #11 (August 1976)
-
- Keywords
- etymologist
The Indestructible Giant!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #19 (December 1975-January 1976)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Indestructible Giant
-
1.
[no title indexed]
Master Art Helper Company -
2.
Devil's Island in Space!
Captain Comet -
3.
["If you make this jump..."]
Dubble Bubble Gum -
4.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
5.
Superboy Discovers a New Kind of Junior Sport!
Superboy -
6.
The Sorcerer from the Stars
-
7.
[no title indexed]
Wildroot Cream-Oil -
8.
[Planets, Climate, Vitamin]
Scientific Word Origins... -
9.
[no title indexed]
Chemcraft -
10.
Buzzy Says: "Free Speech-- Free for All!"
Buzzy -
11.
Collector's Item!
-
12.
Superman Is on Television!
The Adventures of Superman -
13.
Radium Process
-
14.
Now More Than Ever-
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis -
15.
The Indestructible Giant!
-
16.
[no title indexed]
The Electric Game Co. -
17.
[no title indexed]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
18.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Air Rifles
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Matthew Head
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Denys Howard
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
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