(July 1954)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1954-05-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Jack Schiff (managing editor); Mort Weisinger (story editor); George Kashdan (story editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Superboy City, U.S.A. (Table of Contents)

Superboy / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang
Cover Thumbnail for Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #202
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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
?
Genre
advocacy; superhero
Characters
Superboy; members of the Smallville Teen-Age Club
Synopsis
Superboy puts out a fire at the Smallville Teen-Age Club and the kids then decide to make fire prevention their next project.

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

Superboy City, U.S.A.! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superboy / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
John Sikela
Inks
John Sikela
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superboy [Clark Kent]; Lana Lang
Synopsis
When a city decides to name itself after Superboy, he mysteriously destroys all the statues they build of him.

Squeeze Play Saves the Day! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

"Free" Wheeling with Abbott and Costello (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Human Hot-Rodders! (Table of Contents: 5)

Johnny Quick / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Hi Mankin
Inks
Hi Mankin
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

credits from Rich Morrisey's notes

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

The Menace of the Freak Fish! (Table of Contents: 9)

Aquaman / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ralph Mayo
Inks
Ralph Mayo
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

The Fire Shooters (Table of Contents: 11)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Miller ? (previous indexer said that this is "likely" Jacky Miller)
Pencils
Raymond Perry (illustration)
Inks
Raymond Perry (illustration)
Colors
Raymond Perry
Letters
typeset

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

Hercules Lightweights / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Channel C-R-I-M-E! (Table of Contents: 13)

Green Arrow / comic story / 7.67 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
George Papp
Inks
George Papp
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
"Chisel" Chynn

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

Scripto / advertisement / 0.33 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)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Superboy City, U.S.A.
    Superboy
  2. 1. Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!"
    Superboy
  3. 2. Superboy City, U.S.A.!
    Superboy
  4. 3. Squeeze Play Saves the Day!
    Another Jim Wise "P-F" Adventure Story!; "P-F" Canvas Shoes
  5. 4. "Free" Wheeling with Abbott and Costello
    Popsicle
  6. 5. The Human Hot-Rodders!
    Johnny Quick
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
  8. 7. ["Gosh, Pud, wasn't it swell of Mom 'n' Pop..."]
    Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids
  9. 8. Editorial Advisory Board
  10. 9. The Menace of the Freak Fish!
    Aquaman
  11. 10. [no title indexed]
    Stewart-Warner "Cadet" Speedometer
  12. 11. The Fire Shooters
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Hercules Lightweights
  14. 13. Channel C-R-I-M-E!
    Green Arrow
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Scripto
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Schwinn Phantom
  17. 16. Now 10¢
    World's Finest Comics
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Science-Fiction Book Club
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