(January-February 1947)

DC, 1943 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1946-10-28
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Brand
A Superman DC Publication
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Bernard Breslauer ? (actual editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Penniless Palmer / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stan Kaye
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Penniless Palmer

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

O Is for Opposum (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

The Piggy Bank Plot (Table of Contents: 3)

Penniless Palmer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Thurston Harper (signed)
Inks
Thurston Harper (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Penniless Palmer; Oxie
Synopsis
A rich man is conned into regressing to his boyhood in order to steal his money.

Frank Thomas (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

About Face! (Table of Contents: 5)

Hamilton and Egbert / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Hamilton; Egbert
Synopsis
Hamilton invents a repulsor ray and they actually pay the rent.

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

Silly Willie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Tom McNamara (signed)
Pencils
Tom McNamara (signed)
Inks
Tom McNamara (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
G'wan! Scram ta bed!
Genre
humor
Characters
Willie Nilly
Synopsis
Willy doesn't want to go to bed at 8.

Indexer Notes

Story told in rhyme.

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

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

The Portrait That Talked! (Table of Contents: 8)

Super-Sleuth McFooey / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Farr
Pencils
Jack Farr
Inks
Jack Farr
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Super-Sleuth McFooey; E. Philbert Pecan
Synopsis
A talking portrait insists that E Philbert Pecan give his money up

Prehistoric Projectile (Table of Contents: 9)

Cave-Man Curly / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Sulman (signed as Joseph Sulmnan)
Pencils
Joe Sulman (signed as Joseph Sulmnan)
Inks
Joe Sulman (signed as Joseph Sulmnan)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Cave-Man Curly
Synopsis
Curly invents the bow and arrow

Machine Guns and Music! (Table of Contents: 10)

Dover and Clover / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff
Inks
Henry Boltinoff
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
humor
Characters
Dover; Clover
Synopsis
Dover and Clover confuse lute with loot.

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein (as reported in his blog Klein Letters, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ira-schnapp-in-all-funny-comics/#more-32167 , retrieved 12 September 2016). Originally credited to Henry Boltinoff.

Jumping-Jack Jitters (Table of Contents: 11)

Tinkerman Tad / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Thurston Harper
Pencils
Thurston Harper
Inks
Thurston Harper
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Tinkerman Tad; Watt A. Fraud
Synopsis
Fumbling as usual Tad accidentally tangles with contractor Watt A. Fraud

High Dive (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Oscar Thompson (house name)
Letters
typeset

Genre
humor

The Gold Dust Mystery! (Table of Contents: 13)

Genius Jones / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Genius Jones
Synopsis
Mr. Spreesup's vacuum cleaner has started to make gold dust.

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

Circus Candy Factory / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Chemcraft / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How Thom McAn Prevented a Cave Disaster (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Penniless Palmer
  2. 1. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. 2. O Is for Opposum
  4. 3. The Piggy Bank Plot
    Penniless Palmer
  5. 4. Frank Thomas
    Wheaties
  6. 5. About Face!
    Hamilton and Egbert
  7. 6. ["G'wan! Scram ta bed!"]
    Silly Willie
  8. 7. ["A prevue of magazines selling at your dealers!"]
  9. 8. The Portrait That Talked!
    Super-Sleuth McFooey
  10. 9. Prehistoric Projectile
    Cave-Man Curly
  11. 10. Machine Guns and Music!
    Dover and Clover
  12. 11. Jumping-Jack Jitters
    Tinkerman Tad
  13. 12. High Dive
  14. 13. The Gold Dust Mystery!
    Genius Jones
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Circus Candy Factory
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Chemcraft
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    National Radio Institute
  18. 17. How Thom McAn Prevented a Cave Disaster
    Thom McAn
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Jim Van Dore