(March 1955)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1955-01-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Electric Man! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Murphy Anderson
Inks
Murphy Anderson
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can you guess the secret of...
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Draw Me! (Table of Contents: 1)

Art Instruction, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Try for a free 2-year art scholarship worth $295.00

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Electric Man! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Sy Barry (signed as Sy Barry)
Inks
Sy Barry (signed as Sy Barry)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm lookin' for gold, pardner--but what would you be lookin' for with that metal frog-sticker--uranium?
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Want a U.S. Government Job? (Table of Contents: 3)

Franklin Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's how you can get paid up to $4,205.00 a year to start

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

Amazing Ratios! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The full moon sheds 100 times as much light upon the Earth as all the stars combined...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

The World's Mightiest Weakling! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What do you see in this skinny beanpole, Wilma?
Characters
Wilma; Rodney Drake [Rod]; Brad; Professor Milton
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

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

Planets of Wonder! / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Morris Waldinger
Inks
Tom Nicolosi
Colors
?
Letters
Milt Snapinn

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Saturn as seen from its closest moon Mimas would appear 5000 times the size of Earth's full moon!
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

The Famous DC Symbol (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Your United Nations at Work! (Table of Contents: 8)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why are you sad father?
Genre
non-fiction; advocacy

Indexer Notes

This PSA is produced in the form of a sequential comics-form story.

Interplanetary Camera! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Professor, we've got to figure out the meaning of these strange snapshots!
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

[Seeds Across Space!] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Julius Schwartz
Pencils
Raymond Perry
Inks
Raymond Perry
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

There are two text articles presented:
1. Seeds Across Space!
2. Flight by Night!

The Robot Dragnet! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Henry Sharp
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Find Tim Steele the killer robot!
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics; sequel to "The Millionaire Robot" in Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #53.

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

Wilson Chem. Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

Artistic Card Co., Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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

American Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Electric Man!
  2. 1. Draw Me!
    Art Instruction, Inc.
  3. 2. The Electric Man!
  4. 3. Want a U.S. Government Job?
    Franklin Institute
  5. 4. ["The full moon sheds 100 times as much light upon the Earth as all the stars combined..."]
    Amazing Ratios!
  6. 5. The World's Mightiest Weakling!
  7. 6. ["Saturn as seen from its closest moon Mimas would appear 5000 times the size of Earth's full moon!"]
    Planets of Wonder!
  8. 7. The Famous DC Symbol
  9. 8. Your United Nations at Work!
  10. 9. Interplanetary Camera!
  11. 10. [Seeds Across Space!]
    Spotlight on Science
  12. 11. The Robot Dragnet!
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Wilson Chem. Co.
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Littleton Stamp Co.
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Artistic Card Co., Inc.
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    American Seed Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Peter Croome
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore