(July 1954)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1954-05-26
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

I Flew a Flying Saucer! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Murphy Anderson
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At last! The most baffling secret of all time is exposed!
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!" (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Great scott! Smoke--from the headquarters of the Smallville Teen-Age Club!
Genre
advocacy; superhero
Characters
Superboy
Synopsis
Superboy puts out a fire at the Smallville Teen-Age Club which inspires them to start a project to educate people about fire prevention.

Indexer Notes

The inside front cover PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.

I Flew a Flying Saucer! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look! A flying saucer! It's going to land in our city!
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

Scripto / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Squeeze Play Saves the Day! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story!; "P-F" Canvas Shoes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

The Body Pirate! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sid Gerson
Pencils
Sy Barry (signed as Sy Barry)
Inks
Sy Barry (signed as Sy Barry)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One of these bodies conceals a killer from the stars! But which one?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Les Giliam; Algazon
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

"Free" Wheeling with Abbott and Costello (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Popsicle / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Star Salesman (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sid Gerson
Pencils
Irwin Hasen
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Help! Get me outa here!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Fred Hackett
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

Spotlight on Science / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The nearest stars are almost exactly a million times as distant as the nearest planets -- thus making interstellar space more empty of stars than our solar system is empty of planets.
Genre
math & science

Indexer Notes

This feature contains three text articles with a small illustration:
1. Wasp-like Stars!
2. The First Birds!
3. Too Much Space!

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

Hercules Lightweights / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Interplanetary War Base! (Table of Contents: 13)

Captain Comet / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Our zero-weapon reduces body temperatures to absolute zero! Nothing can withstand it!
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed by Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

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

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

Schwinn Phantom / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Now 10¢ (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Science-Fiction Book Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. I Flew a Flying Saucer!
  2. 1. Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"
    Superboy
  3. 2. I Flew a Flying Saucer!
  4. 3. ["Scripto guarantees the best...in writing!"]
    Scripto
  5. 4. Squeeze Play Saves the Day!
    Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story!; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
  6. 5. Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids
    Dubble Bubble Gum
  7. 6. Editorial Advisory Board
  8. 7. The Body Pirate!
  9. 8. ["Tootsie Rolls...everybody likes 'em 'cause they're so chocolaty... so tasty... and they last a long time too."]
    Tootsie Roll
  10. 9. "Free" Wheeling with Abbott and Costello
    Popsicle
  11. 10. Star Salesman
  12. 11. ["The nearest stars are almost exactly a million times as distant as the nearest planets -- thus making interstellar space more empty of stars than our solar system is empty of planets."]
    Spotlight on Science
  13. 12. ["More Americans ride... Hercules Lightweights than any other English-built bike!"]
    Hercules Lightweights
  14. 13. Interplanetary War Base!
    Captain Comet
  15. 14. ["Be the leader with your new Stewart-Warner "Cadet" bike speedometer"]
    Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers
  16. 15. ["Big! Bright! Beautiful!"]
    Schwinn Phantom
  17. 16. Now 10¢
    World's Finest Comics
  18. 17. ["Man into space!"]
    Science-Fiction Book Club
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore