(May 1954)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1954-03-08
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 Human Target! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

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

Binky Says: "Welcome Amigo!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
?

Genre
advocacy; teen

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Man with the Magic Ears! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Ray Burnley
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
Pioneering engineer Alfred Jarvis builds a machine with which he can hear the sounds plants make. Their cries, their sobs, their dying sighs. He goes on a rampage to stop people from cutting flowers, but is suspected to be a madman.

Indexer Notes

First-person narrative.

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

Scripto / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

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

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

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

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

Written in the Sands! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Papp
Inks
George Papp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Reprints

The Ship from the Past! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Howard Purcell
Inks
Ray Burnley
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
A “spectral ship” pursues a modern freighter. It’s all a ruse, though, for a wanted criminal uses this set-up to flee the country.

Superman on Television! Is Super-TV (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Can You Explain It? (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Ely
Inks
Bill Ely
Colors
?
Letters
?

Reprints

The Dress of Doom! (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Papp
Inks
George Papp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
The bride is wearing a supposedly cursed wedding dress.

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

Amazing but True! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel
Pencils
Martin Naydel
Inks
Martin Naydel
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A turtle closes its eyes from the bottom!
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints

Dance of Death (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller ? (credited as Jerry Marlowe)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

Professor Eureka / 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
Hmm-- I did it! Ten years of hard work!
Genre
humor

The Human Target! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ruben Moreira (signed)
Inks
Ruben Moreira (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
A knife-thrower’s unrequited love for his assistent ends in jealousy and death.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover story. First-person narrative.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

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

Littleton Stamp Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Human Target!
  2. 1. Binky Says: "Welcome Amigo!"
    Binky
  3. 2. The Man with the Magic Ears!
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Scripto
  5. 4. ["I'm afraid of wild animals in these woods..."]
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  6. 5. Editorial Advisory Board
  7. 6. Written in the Sands!
  8. 7. The Ship from the Past!
  9. 8. Superman on Television! Is Super-TV
    The Adventures of Superman
  10. 9. Can You Explain It?
  11. 10. The Dress of Doom!
  12. 11. ["A turtle closes its eyes from the bottom!"]
    Amazing but True!
  13. 12. Dance of Death
  14. 13. ["Hmm-- I did it! Ten years of hard work!"]
    Professor Eureka
  15. 14. The Human Target!
  16. 15. ["Millions of readers know..."]
    Mutt & Jeff
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Littleton Stamp Co.
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Tillmann Courth
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore