(October 1954)

DC, 1937 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1954-08-25
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Puppet Master! (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 (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Batman and Robin face the menace of... ''The Puppet Master!"
Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]
Reprints

Buzzy Has the Answer to "School Blues!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Buzzy / 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
Gosh, Joe, you can't quit school just like that!
Genre
advocacy; teen

Indexer Notes

The inside front cover contains a PSA produced in comics-form style.

The Puppet-Master (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Dick Sprang
Inks
Charles Paris
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Everyone has laughed at puppet-shows, with the lifelike little figures that walk and talk when their masters pull the strings!
Genre
superhero
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Inker identification by Craig Delich.

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Death at Ten Fathoms! (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Compass / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Go ahead, my finny murderer... kill Captain Compass now!
Genre
detective-mystery
Reprints

Superman on Television! Is Super-TV (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

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

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

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

The Batman Whirly-Word Game / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Martin Naydel
Pencils
Martin Naydel (signed)
Inks
Martin Naydel (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Martin Naydel

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You won't go sailing without this!

Indexer Notes

puzzle

Catching the Car Crooks (Table of Contents: 10)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (spot illustration)
Inks
? (spot illustration)
Colors
? (spot illustration)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Thanks to the clever work of a little known group of crime-busters, auto thieves find their work getting tougher
Genre
non-fiction

Mysto -- Country Slicker! (Table of Contents: 11)

Mysto Magician Detective / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So long, Mysto!
Genre
detective-mystery
Reprints

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

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Thom McAn Shoes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Puppet Master!
    Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  2. 1. Buzzy Has the Answer to "School Blues!"
    Buzzy
  3. 2. The Puppet-Master
    Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder
  4. 3. ["Peanuts popcorn and Tootsie Rolls"]
    Tootsie Roll
  5. 4. ["Look - There's Ruffy!"]
    Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids
  6. 5. Editorial Advisory Board
  7. 6. Death at Ten Fathoms!
    Captain Compass
  8. 7. Superman on Television! Is Super-TV
    The Adventures of Superman
  9. 8. ["Join Congo Bill and Janu the Jungle Boy..."]
    Congo Bill
  10. 9. ["You won't go sailing without this!"]
    The Batman Whirly-Word Game
  11. 10. Catching the Car Crooks
  12. 11. Mysto -- Country Slicker!
    Mysto Magician Detective
  13. 12. ["How in 10 minutes of fun a day you can become an amazing new 3-D he-man like we did"]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  14. 13. ["Members of the football squad give this glove grain shoe the nod."]
    Thom McAn Shoes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Craig Delich
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Matthew Peets
  • Per Sandell
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore