(July 1956)
DC,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1956-05-29
- 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); Robert Kanigher (actual editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
Sidekick!
cover / 1 page
- Genre
- war
- Keywords
- World War II
Indexer Notes
Cover pencils and inks credits confirmed from Julius Schwartz's editorial records, provided by DC Comics.
Sidekick!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Robert Kanigher
- Pencils
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Inks
- Russ Heath (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Vic is used to being the guy everyone depends on, but when he is wounded he must depend on others.
- Keywords
- World War II
Thundering Like an Exploding Depth Charge...
Showcase; The Frogmen / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Genre
- war
Indexer Notes
house ad for Showcase (DC, 1956 series) #3
The Ghost Raider!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Lt. John Hamilton sank the German ship Dorn during World War I, but somehow the ship returns in World War II and Hamilton's son now feels an obligation to sink it again.
- Keywords
- World War I; World War II
Do-It-Yourself Safety Rules!
public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- Jack Schiff
- Pencils
- Ruben Moreira
- Inks
- Ruben Moreira
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ira Schnapp
- Editing
- Jack Schiff
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- safety tips to remember when school is out
Indexer Notes
published in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly
Bull's-Eye Letter!
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- Private Simpson braves danger and enemy fire to deliver a letter from home to another soldier in a foxhole.
- Keywords
- World War II
Fighting Engineers
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; war
- Synopsis
- history of the Army Corps of Engineers
[no title indexed]
Private Pete / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My uncle sent me this barometer.
- Genre
- humor; military
- Characters
- Private Pete
- Reprints
-
in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #34 (January 1959) - in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) (1990 [January 1991])
- in The Greatest 1950s Stories Ever Told (DC, 1992 series) ([May] 1992)
-
Battle Parade
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war
- Synopsis
- As an American soldier marches in a victory parade through a French village, he recalls the battle to liberate that village just the day before.
- Keywords
- France; World War II
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Sidekick!
-
1.
[no title indexed]
Garcelon Stamp Co. -
2.
Sidekick!
-
3.
Thundering Like an Exploding Depth Charge...
Showcase; The Frogmen -
4.
The Ghost Raider!
-
5.
Do-It-Yourself Safety Rules!
-
6.
Bull's-Eye Letter!
-
7.
Fighting Engineers
-
8.
[no title indexed]
Palisades Amusement Park -
9.
["My uncle sent me this barometer."]
Private Pete -
10.
Battle Parade
-
11.
Hey Skinny! ...Yer Ribs Are Showing!
Charles Atlas -
12.
[no title indexed]
Stephens Credit Sales -
13.
[no title indexed]
Daisy Manufacturing Company
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- Chris Boyko
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Stangas
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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