(April 1955)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1955-02-22
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); Robert Kanigher (uncredited)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Bridge to Battle! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Jerry Grandenetti ?; Joe Giella ?
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Cover pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics. Nick Caputo believes the inking credit is in error and Joe Giella is the inker.

Cover Thumbnail for Star Spangled War Stories (DC, 1952 series) #32
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Peter Porkchops Says: "Don't Be Afraid to Speak Up!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Peter Porkchops / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Rube Grossman
Inks
Rube Grossman
Letters
Ira Schnapp
Genre
advocacy; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Peter Porkchops; Wolfie; Mervin Mouse

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Bridge to Battle! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Jerry Grandenetti
Inks
Jerry Grandenetti
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

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

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

My Greatest Adventure; Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The War Hawk! (Table of Contents: 4)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Sam Burlockoff
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Private Diary / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Irwin Hasen
Pencils
Irwin Hasen
Inks
Irwin Hasen
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Monday -- Dear Diary- I just landed a big role...
Genre
humor

Fighting Engineer! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
George Papp
Inks
George Papp
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

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

The New War Birds (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction; war

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

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Dusty Victory! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Herron
Pencils
Ross Andru
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
war

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.

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

Stuart Greeting Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Bridge to Battle!
  2. 1. Peter Porkchops Says: "Don't Be Afraid to Speak Up!"
    Peter Porkchops
  3. 2. Bridge to Battle!
  4. 3. ["To the boys and girls of America..."]
    My Greatest Adventure; Superman
  5. 4. The War Hawk!
  6. 5. ["Monday -- Dear Diary- I just landed a big role..."]
    Private Diary
  7. 6. Fighting Engineer!
  8. 7. The New War Birds
  9. 8. ["I'll give you a wrist watch, archery set..."]
    American Seeds
  10. 9. Dusty Victory!
  11. 10. ["Need extra spending money?"]
    Stuart Greeting Cards
  12. 11. ["Check the kind of body you want!"]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  13. 12. ["Take the lead this spring!"]
    Thom McAn Shoes
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