(December 1955-January 1956)

DC, 1951 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1955-10-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Comics Publications Inc.
Brand
Superman DC National Comics
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor); Julius Schwartz (actual editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[Space-Enemy Number One!] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Joe Giella (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Amazing! The mechanical manhunter identifies the Earthman in the line-up as space-enemy number one!
Genre
science fiction
Reprints
Keywords
police line-ups
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Draw Me! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Space-Enemy Number One! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (sourced)
Inks
Carmine Infantino (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino
First Line of Dialogue or Text
As soon as the effects of his shockpitol wears off, we must notify the solar police!
Genre
science fiction
Synopsis
The Solar Police are searching for Dinagren, a master criminal who can appear to be from several different planets.
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Indexer Notes

Shockpistol is misspelled in the first world balloon.

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

Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil / comics-form advertising / 0.33 page (report information)

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

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Planets of Wonder / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Although a year on Mars is equal to 687 Earth-days...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
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Mystery of the Mind-Reading Jewels! (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Sid Greene (sourced)
Inks
Joe Giella (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
One of these miners is smuggling out the fabulously valuable telegems!
Genre
science fiction
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Sir William Herschel] (Table of Contents: 8)

Giants of the Telescope / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
non-fiction; math & science; biography
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Indexer Notes

Information for this sequence from Arthur Lortie.

The Robot Without a World! (Table of Contents: 9)

Space Cabbie [Space Cabby] / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Otto Binder
Pencils
Gil Kane (sourced)
Inks
Bernard Sachs (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Eeyah, I got a shock when I touched you!
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

[Discovery of the Planet Vulcan!] (Table of Contents: 10)

Wonders of Space / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A little over one hundred years ago, a French astronomer named Urbain Leverrier wrote to J. G. Galle at the...
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

This feature contains two text articles:
1. Discovery of the Planet Vulcan!
2. The Law of Space!

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

Our Strange Universe / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
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?
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?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
A great flock of globular clusters...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

The Science-Fiction Story That Saved the Earth! (Table of Contents: 12)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Finger
Pencils
Carmine Infantino (sourced)
Inks
Carmine Infantino (sourced)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I can't believe it! The future menace I described in my story is happening on Earth--today!
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The two main characters, Emmett Hamilton and Ray Bradford, are thinly disguised tributes to science-fiction writers (and Julius Schwartz clients) Edmond Hamilton and Ray Bradbury.

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

104 Kings' Knights / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

How a Nation Is Born - Your United Nations at Work (Table of Contents: 14)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jack Schiff
Pencils
Win Mortimer
Inks
Win Mortimer
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
80,000,000 people live on the islands that make up Indonesia.
Genre
advocacy

Indexer Notes

The inside back cover PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.

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

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Space-Enemy Number One!]
  2. 1. Draw Me!
    Art Instruction, Inc. courses
  3. 2. Space-Enemy Number One!
  4. 3. ["Chuckle!!-We've got Fosdick locked in the time capsule!!"]
    Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil
  5. 4. ["A kangaroo mother and son can go merrily jumping as one..."]
    Baby Ruth
  6. 5. ["Although a year on Mars is equal to 687 Earth-days..."]
    Planets of Wonder
  7. 6. Mystery of the Mind-Reading Jewels!
  8. 7. ["Yoo hoo it's me my name is Pinky Lee"]
    Tootsie Roll
  9. 8. [Sir William Herschel]
    Giants of the Telescope
  10. 9. The Robot Without a World!
    Space Cabbie [Space Cabby]
  11. 10. [Discovery of the Planet Vulcan!]
    Wonders of Space
  12. 11. ["A great flock of globular clusters..."]
    Our Strange Universe
  13. 12. The Science-Fiction Story That Saved the Earth!
  14. 13. ["Kids! Be the first to send for the new plastic Kings' Knights only $1.00 postpaid"]
    104 Kings' Knights
  15. 14. How a Nation Is Born - Your United Nations at Work
  16. 15. ["Get your own "man-size" Daisy Air Rifle and get in with the crowd!"]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Peter Croome
  • Matthew Head
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Brian Stewart
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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