(April 1956)

DC, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1956-02-21
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 (credited) (actual editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Martian Masquerader! (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's midnight! Unmask, everybody and reveal your identities!
Genre
science fiction
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Indexer Notes

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

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

Stuart Greetings, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Martian Masquerader! (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
John Broome
Pencils
Gil Kane
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I know who you are -- a man from Mars!
Genre
science fiction
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Indexer Notes

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

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

Amazing Ratios! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Sun, with a diameter of 864,000 miles...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Search for a Lost World! (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
Sid Greene
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Somewhere--among these countless atomic solar systems--is my native world!
Genre
science fiction
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Indexer Notes

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

Binky Says: "It's Fun to Belong!" (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why all the gloom, gang?
Genre
advocacy; teen
Characters
Binky; Allergy

Indexer Notes

This PSA is produced in sequential comics-art style.

The Talking Flower (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Samachson
Pencils
Carmine Infantino
Inks
Bernard Sachs
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The radiation has brought all life here to a standstill!
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

Now More Than Ever- (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Relics of the Human Body! (Table of Contents: 9)

Spotlight on Science / text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What have buttons on a man's jacket sleeve in common with the appendix inside a human body?
Genre
non-fiction; math & science

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

Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mt. Everest is the highest mountain on Earth…
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Reprints

Gateway Through the Ages! (Table of Contents: 11)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Hamilton
Pencils
Sid Greene
Inks
Joe Giella
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yes, students, Crete was the first great civilization of ancient Greece!
Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

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

Stephens Credit Sales / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Jowett Institute of Physical Training / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Martian Masquerader!
  2. 1. ["Need extra spending money? Here's $50 to use as you please!"]
    Stuart Greetings, Inc.
  3. 2. The Martian Masquerader!
  4. 3. ["The Sun, with a diameter of 864,000 miles..."]
    Amazing Ratios!
  5. 4. ["The one and only Superman..."]
    Superman
  6. 5. Search for a Lost World!
  7. 6. Binky Says: "It's Fun to Belong!"
    Binky
  8. 7. The Talking Flower
  9. 8. Now More Than Ever-
  10. 9. Relics of the Human Body!
    Spotlight on Science
  11. 10. ["Mt. Everest is the highest mountain on Earth…"]
    Science Says You're Wrong If You Believe That
  12. 11. Gateway Through the Ages!
  13. 12. ["Do you want spending money? Sell these popular Patriotic and Religious Mottoes"]
    Stephens Credit Sales
  14. 13. ["I gained 53 lbs. of shapely power-packed muscles!"]
    Jowett Institute of Physical Training
  15. 14. ["Free! Wonderful offer! Elizabeth II colonies stamps from all over the world..."]
    Garcelon Stamps
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Brian Stewart
  • Jim Van Dore