(December 1953)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1953-10-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Millionaire Island! (Table of Contents)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jolly Roger
Reprints

Binky Says: "Know Your Community!" (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

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Millionaire Island! (Table of Contents: 2)

Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Sheldon Moldoff
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Jolly Roger [Thomas Wexley] (villain, introduction); Josiah Vance; Three-Fingers Thurston
Synopsis
Batman and Robin investigate a smuggling operation being run from a small island by a gang of modern day pirates.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer verified from Woolfolk's records. http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/

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

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A vagrant, eh? Do you ever work?
Genre
humor

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

Stewart-Warner "Cadet" Speedometer / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh Mister...
Genre
humor; children
Reprints

The Dummy with a Mind of Its Own! (Table of Contents: 6)

Roy Raymond TV Detective / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
detective-mystery

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

Quick Quiz / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Horace Elmo
Pencils
Horace Elmo
Inks
Horace Elmo
Colors
?
Letters
Horace Elmo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Is there a bird that can reverse it's wing action?
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Artist credits by Craig Delich.

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

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

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

Casey the Cop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmm - a burglar!
Genre
humor
Reprints

The Human War Machine! (Table of Contents: 10)

Robotman / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Certa
Inks
Joe Certa
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Last Robotman.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Mystery of the Seaman Smuggler (Table of Contents: 12)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Dubble Bubble Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

Pow-Wow Goes Hollywood! (Table of Contents: 15)

Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leonard Starr
Inks
Leonard Starr
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier

Indexer Notes

Art credits per Craig Delich.

Last "Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman" in Detective Comics; feature continues in Western Comics #43

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

Scripto / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Three Smashing Adventures (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

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

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Millionaire Island!
    Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  2. 1. Binky Says: "Know Your Community!"
    Binky
  3. 2. Millionaire Island!
    Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  4. 3. ["A vagrant, eh? Do you ever work?"]
    Casey the Cop
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Stewart-Warner "Cadet" Speedometer
  6. 5. ["Oh Mister..."]
    Little Pete
  7. 6. The Dummy with a Mind of Its Own!
    Roy Raymond TV Detective
  8. 7. ["Is there a bird that can reverse it's wing action?"]
    Quick Quiz
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  10. 9. ["Hmm - a burglar!"]
    Casey the Cop
  11. 10. The Human War Machine!
    Robotman
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Wildroot Cream-Oil
  13. 12. Mystery of the Seaman Smuggler
  14. 13. ["He's the first snake charmer we've seen in India..."]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  15. 14. Editorial Advisory Board
  16. 15. Pow-Wow Goes Hollywood!
    Pow-Wow Smith, Indian Lawman
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Scripto
  18. 17. Three Smashing Adventures
    Batman
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Manufacturing Company
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Thom McAn
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Craig Delich
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • John Monagle
  • Matthew Peets
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Van Dore