(July 1953)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1953-05-06
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 Big Drop (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
war
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Our Army at War (DC, 1952 series) #12
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Cover gallery

Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
?
Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Buzzy Brown; Tom; Danny
Synopsis
Buzzy shows a pair of neighborhood kids that the new kid on the block isn't weird because he prefers watching nature to playing baseball.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Flying Blind (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
Genre
war
Reprints

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

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

Bearcat Sets Basepath on Fire (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

General Little / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Irwin Hasen
Pencils
Irwin Hasen
Inks
Irwin Hasen
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Before we go on night patrol...
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Death Relay! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
David Kahn
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Reprints

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

Roadmaster / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

End of the Line! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Reed
Pencils
Gene Colan
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Blackhawk reprint information from Jim Stangas.

Superman Is on Television! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

The Adventures of Superman / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Victory by Reflection (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Major Mars; Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

This Ain't the Army / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Irwin Hasen
Pencils
Irwin Hasen
Inks
Irwin Hasen
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll have your periscope cleaned in a shake of a fish's tail, sir!
Genre
humor; military

Tin Can Menace! (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; war

The Big Drop! (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Irv Novick
Inks
Irv Novick
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover story.

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

Schwinn Traveler / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Giant Beach Ball (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Line of Stars (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Milky Way / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Big Drop
  2. 1. Buzzy Says: "Get a Box-Seat to Nature's Wonders!"
    Buzzy
  3. 2. Flying Blind
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  5. 4. Bearcat Sets Basepath on Fire
    Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
  6. 5. ["Before we go on night patrol..."]
    General Little
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers
  8. 7. Death Relay!
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Roadmaster
  10. 9. ["It's stopped snowing at last!"]
    Fleer's Dubble Bubble Gum
  11. 10. Editorial Advisory Board
  12. 11. End of the Line!
  13. 12. Superman Is on Television!
    The Adventures of Superman
  14. 13. Victory by Reflection
    Major Mars; Popsicle
  15. 14. ["I'll have your periscope cleaned in a shake of a fish's tail, sir!"]
    This Ain't the Army
  16. 15. Tin Can Menace!
  17. 16. The Big Drop!
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Schwinn Traveler
  19. 18. Giant Beach Ball
  20. 19. The Line of Stars
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Milky Way
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