(May 1955)
DC,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1955-03-22
- 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); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
The Fish-Men of Earth!
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're like fish in an ocean--an ocean of air!
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #41 (1 de febrero de 1957) -
in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #1 (2008 [March 2009])
-
The Fish-Men of Earth!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Susy; Dr. Stanton Walker; Jim
- Synopsis
- Aliens use a weapon that causes the atmosphere of Earth to become super-dense, like their homeworld. Dr. Walker and his assistant Jim find a way to counter the effect.
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #41 (1 de febrero de 1957)
- in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #10 (April-May 1971)
- in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #1 (2008 [March 2009])
-
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Wandering Stars!
cartoon / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #48 (April 1960)
-
Binky Gives "Tips on Camping!"
Binky / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- advocacy; teen
- Characters
- Bertram "Binky" Biggs; Little Allergy
- Synopsis
- Binky gives Allergy some lessons on camping without harming either yourself or the environment.
Indexer Notes
This PSA was created in comics-form style.
Explorers of the Crystal Moon!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
-
in Strange Adventures (K. G. Murray, 1954 series) #30 ([March 1957]) - in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #1 (2008 [March 2009])
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
[no title indexed]
Amazing Ratios! / cartoon / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The nucleus of an atom...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
- in Tales of the Unexpected (DC, 1956 series) #49 (May 1960)
-
[no title indexed]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That-- / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Humans and animals go through the same progressive stages...
- Genre
- non-fiction; math & science
- Reprints
in The Sculptor Who Saved the World!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Reprints
- in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #1 (2008 [March 2009])
-
Indexer Notes
Pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
The Jungle Emperor
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- King Gorilla; Dr. Jonas Mills
- Synopsis
- Dr. Mills stops the mutated King Gorilla and returns him to normal gorilla intelligence.
- Reprints
- in Titanes Planetarios (Editorial Novaro, 1953 series) #38 (1 de noviembre de 1956)
- in Five-Score Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1958 series) #7 ([November 1958])
- in From beyond the Unknown (DC, 1969 series) #5 (June-July 1970)
- in Showcase Presents: Strange Adventures (DC, 2008 series) #1 (2008 [March 2009])
-
- Keywords
- gorilla
Indexer Notes
Credits for script, pencils and inks confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Story is the sequel to "The Gorilla Who Challenged the World" in Strange Adventures #55.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Fish-Men of Earth!
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1.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
2.
The Fish-Men of Earth!
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3.
Wandering Stars!
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4.
[no title indexed]
Stewart-Warner Bike Speedometers -
5.
Binky Gives "Tips on Camping!"
Binky -
6.
Explorers of the Crystal Moon!
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7.
["The nucleus of an atom..."]
Amazing Ratios! -
8.
[no title indexed]
Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil -
9.
["Humans and animals go through the same progressive stages..."]
Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That-- -
10.
The Sculptor Who Saved the World!
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11.
Weighty Problems
Spotlight on Science -
12.
["To the boys and girls of America..."]
Rex the Wonder Dog; Tomahawk -
13.
The Jungle Emperor
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14.
["Is there any other planet in the solar system..."]
Mysteries in Space -
15.
["Come on, buddy, quit being a bag-of-bones weakling like I was in 10 minutes of fun a day you can do all I did!"]
Jowett Institute of Physical Training -
16.
Judy and Jim Defy Savage Gorilla!
Wilson Chemical Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Nick Caputo
- Peter Croome
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Bob Hughes
- Lou Mazzella
- Mike Nielsen
- Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Brian Stewart
- Jim Van Dore
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