(November-December 1955)

DC, 1952 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1955-09-04
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.

Rex, Honorary Indian Chief! (Table of Contents)

Rex the Wonder Dog / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Gil Kane
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; animal
Characters
Rex the Wonder Dog

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Motor's Auto Repair Manual / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Rex, Honorary Indian Chief! (Table of Contents: 2)

Rex the Wonder Dog / comic story / 9.67 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; animal
Synopsis
Danny tells the barber how he and Rex became honorary indian chiefs. Rex saved an Indian boy from an atomic test blast. Danny and Rex were required to catch a fish with their bare hands/paws, then fetch a war bonnet from a greased tree. They succeed and are made honorary chiefs. But the barber got so excited Danny ends up with a crew cut!

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

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

We Point with Pride to Our "Hall of Trophies!" (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?" (Table of Contents: 5)

Buzzy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
advocacy; teen

The Mystery of the Silver Bullet! (Table of Contents: 6)

Detective Chimp / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Carmine Infantino
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
animal; detective-mystery
Synopsis
Bobo's latest craze is a model railroad. While the Sheriff seeks robbers, a neighbor train engineer takes Bobo to the train yards and shows him the engine controls. The robbers are looting the "Silver Bullet" train and cosh the engineer! Bobo blocks the robbers' car with an engine, then beans them with coconuts. He's rewarded with a miniature engineer's outfit.
Keywords
model railroads; Railroad

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

Superman Playsuit / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Curious Nesting Birds (Table of Contents: 8)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; animal

Canine Quips (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; animal

Million-Dollar Snapshot! (Table of Contents: 10)

Rex the Wonder Dog / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; animal
Synopsis
On a return visit to Danny's cousin Arthur, a newspaper editor, Rex becomes a news photographer. They want a picture of a reclusive millionaire, but are chased off by guards. They sneak inside and Rex snaps pics with his neck-camera. "Caught a good close up of him this time!" The picture alerts a distant relative the poser is not the millionaire, so they sneak back inside. Rex knocks down guards and snatches their guns, and they rescue the hostage millionaire.
Reprints

Louisiana (Table of Contents: 11)

State Facts / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
non-fiction

"Wings" Winchester Stops a Robbery (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Winchester Roller Skates / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Bearcat, Koala, Silverfish] (Table of Contents: 13)

Misnamed Animals! / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; animal

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

Miniature Spy Camera / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Zenith Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Rex, Honorary Indian Chief!
    Rex the Wonder Dog
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Motor's Auto Repair Manual
  3. 2. Rex, Honorary Indian Chief!
    Rex the Wonder Dog
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Manufacturing Company
  5. 4. We Point with Pride to Our "Hall of Trophies!"
  6. 5. Buzzy Asks: "Do You Know Your Neighbors?"
    Buzzy
  7. 6. The Mystery of the Silver Bullet!
    Detective Chimp
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Superman Playsuit
  9. 8. Curious Nesting Birds
  10. 9. Canine Quips
  11. 10. Million-Dollar Snapshot!
    Rex the Wonder Dog
  12. 11. Louisiana
    State Facts
  13. 12. "Wings" Winchester Stops a Robbery
    Winchester Roller Skates
  14. 13. [Bearcat, Koala, Silverfish]
    Misnamed Animals!
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Miniature Spy Camera
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Zenith Co.
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Tootsie Roll
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Clayton Emery
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore